Courtilz de Sandras, Gatien

MEMOIRES DE MR. D'ARTAGNAN, CAPITAINE LIEUTENANT DE LA PREMIERE COMPAGNIE DES MOUSQUETAIRES DU ROI [VOLUME ONE ONLY]

A Cologne: chez Pierre Marteau, 1701. Early Fictitious Imprint. 12mo., [8], 564 pages, [16]; VG; bound in contemporary acid-washed calf, paneled spine with elaborate gilt, morocco label with gilt titling; board edges with gilt roll; marbled endpapers; cracking to front hinge; scattered and scarce staining to interior; name to title page; index in rear; Title page in red and black, with sphere device; text in French; Volume 1 of 3 only; BJ consignment; shelved case 3.

1324777

Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $1,200

NOTES

The imprint is false, probably printed in the Netherlands.;

This semi-fictionalized memoir of the famous musketeer d'Artagnan was published in 1700, 27 years after the death of d'Artagnan, and served as the model for Alexandre Dumas père's portrayal of d'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne. Charles de Batz de Castelmore, also known as d'Artagnan and later count d'Artagnan (c. 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. [wikipedia];