Set of 3 memoirs or historical novels in 6 volumes in period - Lot 208

Set of 3 memoirs or historical novels in 6 volumes in period bindings: 1. BOURDEILLE ,COMTE DE MONTRESOR (Claude de): Mémoires de Monsieur de Montrésor, contenant diverses pièces durant le ministère du cardinal de Richelieu, la relation de Monsieur de Fontrailles, et les affaires de Messieurs le Comte de Soissons, Ducs de Guise, & de Boüillon, &c... Cologne, Jean Sambix, 1723. 2 volumes. 7.5 by 13 cm. (8)-400; (4)-424 pages. Contemporary full basane, spines with 5 ornate bands, red title-pieces. 1 cap frayed, minor superficial defects. A decent copy (some foxing). The second volume bears: Mémoires de Monsieur de Montrésor, contenans plusieurs pièces curieuses, pour servir d'éclaircissement à ce qui est contenu au premier volume. The original edition dates from 1663. Bourgeois and André, Sources de l'histoire de France II-731. "Montrésor was the main player in the plots formed around Gaston d'Orléans, whose favorite he became after the disappearance of Puylaurens. [...] His Memoirs reflect the first part of his life: they describe in great detail the events that took place from 1632 to the beginning of the Fronde. [...] Already very interesting in themselves in that the author was well placed to know the secrets, they become even more so for the historian through the various pieces inserted in them". (Bourgeois and André). 2. [COURTILZ DE SANDRAS (Gatien)]: La guerre d'Espagne, de Bavière, de Flandre, de Savoye, de l'Empire, et de France. Or Mémoires du Marquis D***. Contenant ce qui s'est passé de plus secret & de plus particulier depuis le commencement de cette guerre, jusqu'à présent. Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1708. 2 vols. 8 by 14 cm. (2)-478; (2)-452 pages. Contemporary full basane, 5-rib spine decorated. Small epidermure on one plate, defect at bottom of one spine. Scattered foxing. The first edition appeared in 1706. Carole Atem, Les mémoires apocryphes de Courtilz de Sandras. Historical novel. "The stages of the War of the League of Augburg, from 1689 to 1697, then those of the War of the Spanish Succession up to 1709, to which the narrator tends to add, more generally, the account of events concerning European diplomacy, follow one another according to a linear structure that serves as a backdrop to numerous amorous adventures, experienced by the hero or by second-rate characters." (C. Atem). 3. AUBIGNÉ (Théodore-Agrippa d'): Les avantures du baron de Foeneste. Nouvelle édition, augmentée de plusieurs remarques historiques, de l'histoire secrète de l'auteur, écrite par lui-même, & de la bibliothèque de Maître Guillaume, enrichie de notes par Mr. *** [Le Duchat]. Amsterdam, 1731. 2 volumes. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. 1 frontispiece-(24)-CXCIV-(12)-134; (8)-384 pages. Contemporary full calf, 5 very nicely decorated ribbed spines, red title-pieces, roulette on the edges and inner lace. Spine split over 6 cm, small wormhole at bottom of spine, but solid, quality binding. Good condition inside. This satirical novel consists for the most part of dialogues between the Baron de Faeneste, a vain and boastful soldier, and the Seigneur d'Enay, a good, simple and modest man. Faeneste" in Greek means "Appearance", while "Enay" represents "Being". The soldier expresses himself in French mixed with Gascon dialect, while the lord speaks in noble and select terms. Discussions of baptism, priests, miracles and Limbo reveal the polemical intentions of the author, a well-known Huguenot...