Histoire Raisonnee des Discours de M. T. Ciceron avec des Notes Critiques, Historiques
Paris: Babuty, & Humblot, 1765. Hardcover. xii, 252p. Contemporary calf with a gilt spine and marbled end papers. Red fore-edge. FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LAST PRIME MINISTER OF THE BOURBON DYNASTY, CHARLES AUGUSTE LE TONNELIER, BARON DE BRETEUIL (1730-1807) with his bookplate on the inside front board. Baron de Breteuil was appointed Prime Minister by King Louis XVI just one hundred hours before the storming of the Bastille. He had been a diplomat and appointed French ambassador to the elector of Cologne. Two years later in 1760 he was sent to St Petersburg as the French ambassador to Imperial Russia. In 1769 he was sent to Stockholm, Sweden, and later to Vienna in 1770, in 1773 to Naples and again back to Vienna where he remained until 1783. Cicero must have been an important source of information for the trained diplomat. Hinges cracked and worn along the edges. Headband chipped. Some wear to the boards otherwise internally clean. An historically important provenance in French history. Good. Item #7049
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
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