Les voyages de Cyrus avec un discours sur la mythologie, by Ramsay 2 volumes in one; [bound with] La guerre d’Italie, ou memoires du Comte D***. Contenant quantité de choses particuliéres…… by De Grandchamp

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Hardcover. 12mo. Old glossy paper covered boards,. 16.2x11x5.5 cm. Pierre & Mortier; Pierre Marteau. Amsterdam ; Cologne. 1728,1707. (8) 187, 91) 180; (9), 535 pp. Engraved frontispieces, 4 folding maps. Good, covers shelfworn, light dampstaining, scattered light foxing, title page to La Guerre D’Italie missing a corner, map of Italy remargined with a little loss of image at the lower edge. French text. An early edition of Ramsay’s popular historical novel of the imaginary travels of Cyrus the Great and his meetings with some ancient philosophers. Bound with The anonymous account, generally attributed to Samuel de Grandchamp, of the events leading to the War of the Spanish Succession. weight: 1.3 lb.