Author: Bentivoglio, Guido
Title: Relationi Del Cardinale Bentivoglio - Con Tre Tavole Prima De' Capitoli ; Seconda Delle Cose Piu Notabili, E Terza Delle Sentenze, Che Sono Sparte Nell' Opera
Description: Appresso Francesco Brogiollo, In Venetia., 1667, 1st edition. Contemporary calf, G. xvi+211pp, title page with large engraved printers device, old water stain to the upper corner of the title & first 30 pages, leather rather rubbed, dry & hinges cracked, leather very worn along the edges of the boards. Internally a nice wide margined copy, date in Arabic numerals added in ink to the title, marginalia to a single page of the prelims, overall an attractive copy of an attractively printed work which has many tailepieces & engraved initials, in need of some restoration to the binding. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Uncommon printing of Bentivoglio's History of & account of his diplomatic duties carried out in Flanders in the period leading upto the Thirty Years War at the behest of Pope Paul V. Guido Bentivoglio [ 1579 - 1644 ] Italian Cardinal, Diplomat & historian, active in the Netherlands & France (1607 -1615).

Keywords: history, netherlands, flanders, catholicism, thirty years war, european history, royalty, hugenots