BUSSY-RABUTIN : Discours du comte Bussy-Rabutin... - Lot 30 - Vermot et Associés

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BUSSY-RABUTIN : Discours du comte Bussy-Rabutin... - Lot 30 - Vermot et Associés
BUSSY-RABUTIN : Discours du comte Bussy-Rabutin à ses enfants, sur le bon usage des adversitez, et les évènements de sa vie. Third edition. Paris, Rigaud, 1701. In-12 mauve jansenist morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with cold, gilt lace on the inside, gilt edges (Duru) spine and edges of boards darkened. Edification book for the penitent libertine. It recounts the history of famous misfortunes, among others those of Belisarius, Boethius, Enguerrand de Marigny, Bureau de La Rivière, Maréchal de Gyé, Commines, Samblançay, duc de Bellegarde, Bassompierre, and finally his own misfortunes. This pamphlet ends with a moral instruction to behave in the world. The real addressee of the Discourse is Louis XIV, as Bussy tells Father Bouhours "It is for the King only, and for Madame de Maintenon, you and Father de la Chaise." Bussy-Rabutin never despaired of returning to grace in the eyes of Louis XIV. Bussy-Rabutin concluded, "There is nothing more unfortunate than the happiness of people who live according to their passions." Bussy-Rabutin died on April 9, 1693. This book is the first published the day after his death, by Father Bouhours, a close friend of Bussy. Bussy's children apparently had no part in this publication. The publishers modified the original manuscript, which is now kept in the Mazarine Library.
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