The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency (3 Volume set)

London: Bickers & Son, 1876. Octavo. 3 volumes, 386, 381 and 425. Translated from the French by Bayle St. John. He was a soldier and writer, known as one of the great memoirists of France. His Memoirs are an important historic document of his time. Saint-Simon believed in a utopian system and considered those who had no desire to work, parasites. His thought influenced Thorstein Veblen and others. A handsome set of this classic bound by Mansell, successors to Hayday in three-quarter red morocco over marbled paper covered boards. With matching endpapers, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, from the library (truncated) of Walter Thomas Wallace with his armorial bookplate in each volume. Walter Thomas Wallace, a notable book collector who books sold at auction in 1920. (Inventory #: 032046)