MANUSCRIPT. - J.A. BILLARD. [A manuscript transcribing letters from notable French courtiers and aristocrats of the late 17th and early 18th century. N.p.:] 1725. Approximately 358pp., 4to (236 x 173mm.) The volume including letters to and from Marie de Bourbon, Marquise de Maintenon, Madame de la Fayette, Anne Palatine de Baviere and Francois de la Rochefoucauld. (Browning to margins). Contemporary morocco, triple fillet borders with fleurons to corners, the spine gilt in six compartments, lettered in the second and third compartments, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, g.e. (rubbing to all extremities, some scuffing).