[BINDINGS] -- [MEMOIRS] -- [BIOGRAPHY]. A group of 6 works, most in contemporary full leather bindings, including works related to memoirs and biography, comprising:

1) [CATHERINE THE GREAT]. The Life of Catherine II. Empress of Russia. L: T.N. Longman and O. Rees et al, 1799. 3 volumes. Contemporary tree calf, brown sprinkled edges (rebacked). Third edition.

2) [SULLY, Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de]. The Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime-Minister to Henry the Great. Charlotte Lennox, translator. L: W. Bulmer and Co., for William Miller, 1810. 5 volumes. 19th-century sprinkled calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY ZAEHNSDORF. "New edition."

3) EVELYN, John. The Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn. William Bray, editor. L: Henry Colburn, 1818. 2 volumes. Contemporary calf decorated in gilt and blind, brown lettering-pieces gilt, edges marbled (rebacked). FIRST EDITION.

4) LAFAYETTE, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de. Memoirs Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette Published by his Family. L: Saunders and Otley, 1837. 3 volumes. Contemporary calf decorated in blind and gilt, edges marbled.

5) JOHNSON, Samuel. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. L: John Murray, 1854. 3 volumes. 19th-century polished tan calf gilt, vol. I upper covers gilt-decorated with Rugby School crest, edges marbled, STAMP-SIGNED BY KELLY & SONS.

6) PEPYS, Samuel. Diary of Samuel Pepys. Henry B. Wheatley, editor. L & NY: G. Bell and Sons Ltd., & Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1924. 8 volumes in 3. Contemporary tan calf gilt, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Reprinted from the India Paper Edition of 1923.

Together, 6 works in 19 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in contemporary full calf bindings, condition generally very good.

This lot is located in Chicago.