1648 Opere Del Cardinal Bentivoglio History of Flanders & Dutch Revolt Italian

Opre del Cardinal Bentivoglio (Works of Cardinal Bentivoglio)

£395.00

Opre del Cardinal Bentivoglio (Works of Cardinal Bentivoglio)

Name: Opre del Cardinal Bentivoglio (Works of Cardinal Bentivoglio)
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: ant 1330l
Price: 395.00 GBP
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Condition

Very Good: Contemporary leather binding with rebacked spine. Minor wear to extremities. Spine tight and structurally sound, featuring five raised bands and a gilt-tooled title label that remains clean and well defined. Boards show light bumping and creasing but remain well preserved overall. Binding firm and square. Copper-engraved title vignette exceptionally well retained. Internally, contents display faint age-related toning toward the margins and occasional light foxing and creasing consistent with age; otherwise remarkably well preserved. A beautiful and carefully maintained seventeenth-century copy.

Description

Paris; Giovanni Iost, Saint James, at the sign of the Holy Spirit, 1648. Contemporary leather-bound hardback, Italian text. Early collected edition of the works of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio, comprising The Relations of Flanders and of France, The History of the War of Flanders, and his diplomatic letters written during his papal nunciatures. A substantial seventeenth-century historical printing, desirable to collectors of early European history, diplomatic literature, and ecclesiastical works, particularly in restored contemporary binding.

A major historical and diplomatic account of seventeenth-century Europe, offering firsthand political observation of the Spanish Netherlands, France, and wider continental affairs. Bentivoglio’s writings combine historical narrative with diplomatic insight, reflecting the complexities of early modern statecraft and religious politics.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Cardinal Bentivoglio

Book Publisher: Giovanni Iost

Book Language: Italian

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

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Book Publication Year: 1648

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Book Binding: Leather

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Country/region of manufacture: Paris, France

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