[CAVARD (André)] - Memoirs of the Count of Vordac, General o - Lot 294

[CAVARD (André)] - Memoirs of the Count of Vordac, General of the Emperor's Armies. Where one sees all that happened of remarkable in all Europe, during the movements of the last War. Paris, au Palais, widow Jean Cochart, 1709. In-12 of (4), 327, (5) pp. in granite basane, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (period binding). "Some surprising events are found here, but I can assure that they are all true. People of high rank who will read here some of their actions, which are not the most beautiful of their life, will be able to recognize themselves there, under borrowed names. It will be up to them to reveal what I have kept hidden" (Quérard, La France Littéraire, X, p. 458). NOT COMMON (Provenance: Librairie Raymond Clavreuil, with its printed label). Epidermures, missing leather on the spine, interior in good condition. Expert Jean-Louis Beauvais