Lot 122
  • 122

Boucicault, Jean le Maingre de.

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Description

  • Histoire du marĂ©chal de Boucicaut. Paris: Widow of Charles Coignard, 1697
8vo (160 x 90mm.), 4-page bookseller's list at end, contemporary calf, binding rebacked retaining most of the original spine

Literature

Atabey 140; not in Blackmer or Cobham-Jeffery

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

rare. This work, which has been attributed to de Pilham, was edited from Boucicault's memoirs. It contains details of his time as governor of Genoa and his activities in Cyprus and Turkey.