[DAUPHINÉ]. Anecdotes in shives. In French, manuscript on paper. France, 18th century. 63 pp. + [1] f., cursive writing in black ink on lined paper (two hands) . Bound in half vellum with corners, smooth mute spine. Dimensions : 215 x 135 mmManuscript collection of anecdotes on the political and military life of Monsieur de Maugiron, man of the Dauphiné and Monsieur de Chamillart (1652-1721), minister of finance and war under Louis XIV with some anecdotes on public life . Provenance: From the library of the Marquis Louis-François de Monteynard (1713-1791), with his armorial bookplate vignette pasted on the flyleaf and the mark of the Library of the Château de Tencin. Ex-libris of 1771 drawn by Eisen and engraved by Le Mire. The marquis of Monteymard was minister of war from 1771 to 1774 and first Corsican governor in 1772, originally from Dauphiné.