RAMSAY (Michel-André) - Histoire du Vicomte de Turenne, Maré - Lot 303

RAMSAY (Michel-André) - Histoire du Vicomte de Turenne, Maréchal Général des Armées du Roy. Paris, Mazière & Garnier, 1735; 2 volumes in-4, 5 ff.n.ch. + 597 + LXXXVIII + CL pp., heterogeneous bindings: full marbled calf for the first volume, full brown calf for the second, ornate ribbed spines, red edges (the second volume slightly smaller than the first, golds of volume II faded, supra-libris partially faded on the upper cover of volume II). First edition illustrated with Turenne's coat of arms in the titles, a full-page portrait-frontispiece of Marshal de Turenne drawn by Meissonnier and engraved by Larmessin, 7 vignettes, 7 lettrines, 4 culs-de-lampe drawn by Bonnard and engraved by Scottin, and 13 battle plates drawn and engraved by Coquart in volume 1. The second volume contains the Preuves de l'histoire du vicomte de Turenne... divided into three parts: "Mémoires du vicomte écrits de sa propre main", "Relation de la campagne de Fribourg par La Houssaye" and "Les Mémoires du duc d'York". A good copy, apart from small smudges on the first three leaves of volume I and the binding difference noted.