The French civil wars Davila 1650
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THE FRENCH CIVIL WARS. DAVILA, ENRICO CATERINO. Historia delle guerre civili di Francia, di Henrico Caterino Dauila. Nella quale si contengono le operationi di quattro re Francesco II. Carlo IX. Henrico III. & Henrico IIII. Cognonimato il Grande. All´illustmo. & Eccellmo. sig. Giacomo Marcello. Fù dell´illustrissimo sig. Antonio. Venice, Paolo Baglioni, 1650.
4to. 222 x 163 mm. (31, 1 blank), 1056 pp.
Contemporary vellum with hand-written title on spine and red-sprinkled edges. Wormhole in front end papers. Recurring faint damp in corners and top edge, otherwise a clean copy. Diagonal blank streak on p. 475, probably caused by crease at printing. Half title with owner´s notes in ink and minor dampstains.
Enrico Caterino Davila (1576-1631), Italian military, diplomat and historian. He participated himself in the wars and wrote about them, completing the manuscript about 1630. It wasan immense success and more than two hundred editions were printed.
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Auktionsnummer:
476540
Datum:
2017-08-30