Memories du comte de Grammont, Par le C.Antoine Hamilton. Tome second.

Memories du comte de Grammont, Par le C.Antoine Hamilton. Tome second.
‎A Londres, 1776. Hard leather cover with gold lettering on the spine; artistic flyleafs; three-sided red cut-off; reduced format (8.5 x 14.3 cm).

The binding is worn and the covers are slightly deformed; inventory numbers on the flyleaf; traces of moisture on the upper edge of the block at the beginning and lower on the last pages; stamps; losses due to typographic defects on the outer edge of pages 3/4 and 27/28 that do not affect the text. 

in French language.

[Antoine Hamilton (more correctly d'amilton; FR. Antoine, comte d'hamilton, 1646-April 21, 1720) was an Anglo — French writer. He was born in Ireland (according to various sources, in Louth or Tipperary) in the family of a Scottish aristocrat who emigrated during the English revolution to France, where Hamilton was raised.

He returned to his homeland during the restoration. In 1688, after the fall of the Stuarts, he again emigrated to France. In his works, Hamilton reflects the pessimism of the emigrant aristocracy; with caustic, if shallow irony, he gives a picture of the mores of the court nobility. Hamilton's main work — "Mémoires du comte de Grammont" — "Memoirs of the count of Grammont" (Philibert de Gramont[en] (1621-1707) — Hamilton's son — in-law, member of the Fronde, exiled by Louis XIV and known for his adventures at court), written in 1704, published in 1713-a classic example of French prose of the XVII century, along with "Caractères"; Hamilton gave, along with the scandalous chronicle of the court and aristocracy, fine portraits of Cromwell, Louis XIV, etc.

His " Contes de Féerie "(fairy tales), parodying the fairy tales then fashionable among the aristocracy, and Galland's" 1001 nights", as well as" Memoirs " are a reflection of Hamilton's polemical aspirations; they had a significant influence on the French short story of the XVIII century.]