212- RIBIER (Jacques). Discours sur le Gouvernement des Monarchies et Principautez souveraines. Paris, Sebasien Cramoisy, 1630, 2 works in 1 vol. in-4, limp vellum, handwritten title on spine (contemporary binding). Following: Mémoires et advis concernant les charges de M. les chanceliers et gardes des sceaux de France, et autres discours &c. Paris, Sébastien Cramoisy, 1629. In-4. First edition of two memoirs published a year apart by Jacques Ribier, a member of the Paris Parlement who died in 1636 and was promoted to Conseiller d'Etat. From the library of Abel de Sainte-Marthe (1566-1652) with his double bookplate handwritten in contemporary ink on the title "Ex Bibliotheca Fratrum Sammarthanorum", "De Sainte Marthe", guard of the King's library (1566-1652) and father of Conseiller d'Etat Abel II (1626-1706) dean of the Court of Aids and guard of His Majesty's Library at Fontainebleau. Light marginal spotting.