Morgues, Matthieu de

Diverses pieces pour la defence de la reyne mere du roy tres-Chrestien Louis XIII

      [Paris?]:: 1643,. Contemporary vellum, spine with early inked title; vellum darkened, front cover with faded early inked inscription. Back free endpaper and final blank leaf lacking; front free endpaper with early inked inscription, title-page with contemporary inked ownership inscription in lower margin. Some light foxing; one early inked marginal annotation. Vol. I only; the set rare enough to make offering the "odd" volume reasonable! . 8vo (16.8 cm, 6.6"). Vol. I only (of 2). !8!8A-Z8Aa-Ee8 (-Ee8 [final blank]); [26], 446 [i.e., 456] pp. . Vol. I of the scarce second edition, following the first of 1637: Polemics regarding Marie de M!dicis, Cardinal Richelieu, and Louis XIII, written by the Sieur de Saint-Germain, one of the most prolific pamphleteers of the period. The volume contains "Remonstrance au Roy," "Vrais et bons advis de Fran!ois Fid!le," "Charitable remonstrance de Caton Chrestien a monseigneur l'eminentissime Cardinal de Richelieu," and "Advertissement de Nicocleon ! Cleonville, sur son advertissement aux provinces." The second volume, Pieces curieuses pour la deffence de la royne mere du roy Louys XIII, is not present here.#11; Uncommon. Searches of OCLC, RLIN, and NUC Pre-1956 find only three U.S. holdings of this edition.