Lettres, mémoires et négociations de monsieur le Comte d'Estrades [...].

6 vol., 12mo (pastedowns and flyleaves marg. toned, vol. III 1st 200 pp. marg. dampstained at top).

Contemp. calf, gilt coat of arms on double gilt-ruled boards, gilt spine with raised bands, spr. edges (sl. rubbed, heads and tails sl. def.).

Third ed. (1st in 1709) of this autobiography, dated between 1637-1668, of Comte d'Estrades (1607-1686) a French diplomat and marshal. In 1646 d'Estrades was named ambassador extraordinary to Holland, and took part in the conferences at Münster. Sent in 1661 to England, he obtained in 1662 the restitution of Dunkirk. In 1667 he negotiated the Treaty of Breda with the king of Denmark, and in 1678 the Treaty of Nijmegen, which ended the war with Holland. Independently of these diplomatic missions, he took part in the principal campaigns of Louis XIV, in Italy (1648), in Catalonia (1655), in Holland (1672); and was created marshal of France in 1675.
Ref. Cioranescu (17th c.) II:835.
Prov. Family Aldenburg (Bentinck?) (supralibros; ref. Rietstap I-II:27, I-II:177).