[Rarebooks] FS: Sammelband of 5 18th cent. French works relating to "The Diamond Necklace Affair"

[Kenneth Karmiole]

 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important;  padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Remy de Valois. MEMOIRES JUSTIFICATIFS DE LA COMTESSE DE VALOIS DE LA MOTTE, Ecrits par Elle-Meme. Londres (i.e. Paris): No pub. 1789. 8vo. (4),258pp. With the half-title. BOUND WITH: La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Remy de Valois. SECOND MEMOIRE JUSTIFICATIF... Londres (i.e. Paris): No pub. 1789. (2),78pp. Copper engraved frontispiece. BOUND WITH: RECUEIL DE PIECES ENTRE LA CARDINAL DE ROHAN, MDE. DE LA MOTTE, &C. Premier Memoire, pour Dame Jeanne de Saint-Remy de Valois, Epouse du Comte de la Motte. No place: No pub. No date. (Paris:? 1785?). (2),38pp. BOUND WITH: RECUEIL DE PIECES AUTHENTIQUES ET INTERESSANTES, POUR SERVIR D'ECLAIRCISSEMENT A L'AFFAIRE CONCERNANT LE CARDINAL, PRINCE DE ROHAN. Strasbourg: No pub. 1786. iv,(9)-52pp. [Note: apparently preliminary gathering "A" of 4 leaves is lacking]. BOUND WITH: MEMOIRE AUTHENTIQUE POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DU COMTE DE CAGLIOSTRO. Nouvelle Edition. Strasbourg: No pub. 1786. iv,36pp. The 5 works bound together in cont. calf, a bit rubbed and with a small chip to the top of the spine at the rear cover. With the bookplate of French author Charles Henneguier (1811-1872).    $650.00 (trade discount allowed)
All of these works relate to "The Diamond Necklace Affair," a scandal which involved the French King Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, a con artist named Jeanne de la Motte and her husband, Cardinal de Rohan, Cagliostro, and others.

Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
1239A Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310-451-4342
kkarmiole at yahoo.com