Author: Caylus, [Comtesse de Marthe Marguerite le Volois de Vilette de Murcay]. [1673 - 1729]. Voltaire [Pseudonym of Francois-Marie Arouet] - Contributor
Title: Les SOUVENIRS De MADAME De CAYLUS
Description: Amsterdam (Geneva): Jean Robert, 1775. Early reprint of 1770 first edition. Half-bound blue leather spine and edges, blue cloth covered boards. Gilt stamped lettering to spine, navy endpapers. TEG, red edgestain. viii, 174, [2 (blank)] pp. 7-3/4" x 5". Wear and rubbing to binding, light soiling to leather and sunning to edges. Bookplate to front pastedown, lacks front free endpaper. Age-toning to paper. An About VG copy. "Madame de Caylus was the mother of the noted French archeologist, engraver, and man of letters, Comte de Caylus. She was a close relative of Madame de Maintenon who brought her up like her own daughter and introduced her to the life at court. She wrote valuable memoirs of the court of Louis XIV entitled 'Souvenirs'; these were edited by Voltaire and by many later editors.." (Encyclopedia Britannica). Voltaire studied and wrote about this historical period, and was the first to edit the 'Souvenirs'. He added interesting observations, critical remarks, corrections of Madame de Caylus' statements - completing the vivid sketch of life at the court.

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