BOURCIER - De la Nature du duché de Lorraine. S.l., s.e., ci - Lot 101

BOURCIER - De la Nature du duché de Lorraine. S.l., s.e., circa 1713; in-4, 130 + 12 pp, full red morocco binding, 5-rib spine, fillets on boards, gilt edges. The last 12 pages deal with the rights of the House of Lorraine over the Kingdom of Sicily. The author is Jean-Léonard Bourcier, baron de Montureux, born in Vézelise (1649-1729), a magistrate from Lorraine, public prosecutor at the Court of Lorraine. "The author adopts Gérard d'Alsace as the stem of the House of Lorraine, to prove that daughters cannot inherit the dukedom. This is the work of a courtier who knows how to make history lie or cross it out to please his master. Monsieur Bourcier must have been ashamed of this production, which is no doubt why he remained anonymous. "1st anonymous edition, published without title at the end of the 17th century, of this very rare text reprinted under the title "Dissertation sur l'origine et la nature....", in Nancy in 1721. Noel 352, Barbier III, 398 and I, 1069. Consultant: Monsieur Philippe HENRY