MÉZERAY. Chronological Summary or Excerpt from the History o - Lot 167

MÉZERAY. Chronological Summary or Excerpt from the History of France. Paris: Thierry, 1690. 3 volumes, in-4 format, in contemporary havana calf, decorated ribbed spine, marbled edges (2 cap covers scraped). New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Louis XIV, 57 in-text portraits of the kings of France, and 5 empty frames. Included: Chronological Summary of the History of France During the Reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV, to Serve as a Sequel to That of F. de Mezeray. Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1728. Quarto, fawn calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (spine faded, corners crushed). New, expanded edition of Mezeray’s biography. Illustrated with portraits of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Bound between pages 320 and 321 is Talon’s handwritten address to the king in 1648, which is mentioned at the bottom of the second column on p. 321 (3 pp., quarto).