Auvigny, (Jean du Castre d') - Memoirs of Madame... Lot 11

Auvigny, (Jean du Castre d') - Memoirs of Madame de Barneveldt. Paris, Gandouin 1732. 2 vols. In-12° full contemporary calf, triple fillet on the boards, 14 ff, 288 pp. 2 ff, lxvi, 250 pp. First edition of these adventurous memoirs, full of historical allusions, gallant experiences, portraits (with keys) of famous people and adventurous twists. The heroine falls into Tunisian slavery, lives parallel Christianity and Islam in Tunis and has to answer before a court of the Inquisition in Spain.... etc. Cioranescu 25671. Drujot, Livres à clef I, 598. Good condition. Uncommon.