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AED[GRAMMONT, Count Philbert de (1621-1707), subject]. HAMILTON, Count Anthony (1646-1720). Memoirs of Count Grammont. London: S. and R. Harding, [1793].
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[GRAMMONT, Count Philbert de (1621-1707), subject]. HAMILTON, Count Anthony (1646-1720). Memoirs of Count Grammont. London: S. and R. Harding, [1793]. 4to. [2, engraved title], iii, [1, blank], 363. [1, blank], lxxxiv ["Notes and Illustrations"], [3], index pp. Seventy-eight engraved plates from portraits in the royal collections at Windsor and elsewhere. Half early twentieth-century red crushed morocco over decorative boards. Gilt spine with raised bands, top edge gilt. THE BEST ENGLISH EDITION OF THESE FAMOUS MEMOIRS OF THE "AMOROUS INTRIGUES" AT THE COURT OF CHARLES II DURING 1662-1664.
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Front joint worn, some wear to corners, text and plates somewhat foxed, offsetting from plates. Very good.
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Hamilton was the third son of Sir George Hamilton. He served as governor of Limerick (1685) and privy councillor (1686). His Epistle to the Comte de Grammont (his brother-in-law), announcing his intending of writing his memoirs, was approved by Boileau in 1705. The Memoires appeared anonymously in 1713. It was enthusiastically received, and went through dozens of editions, both in French and in English. Voltaire said of it: "de tous les livres celui o le fonds le plus mince est par du style le plus gai, le plus vif et le plus original" ["of all books, the one whose substance is thinnest is redeemed by a style that is the most cheerful, lively, and original."] (Oeuvres, 1785, xx, 101, as quoted in DNB).
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