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GUICHARDIN (François). HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN WARS.
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GUICHARDIN (François). HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN WARS.
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
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Description
GUICHARDIN (François). HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN WARS. Paris: Michel Sonnius, 1577. A substantial folio volume in stiff ivory-coloured vellum (binding dimensions: 418 × 298 mm), cold-stamped floral motif in the centre of the covers with small cold-stamped corner motifs, ribbed spine, aubergine morocco title label, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding); (4) folios, 479 folios, (1) errata page, (5) folios of tables. Spine ribbing subsequently restored; a section is missing from the lower corner of the last two folios of the tables, without affecting the text. NEW 16th-CENTURY EDITION, revised and corrected, of the French translation by Jérôme Chomedey of the Italian text by Francesco GUICCIARDINI (1483–1540), a Florentine historian, philosopher, diplomat and politician, regarded as the father of modern historiography. This work, which chronicles the principal events in Italy from 1490 to 1534, had a significant impact throughout Europe, particularly amongst humanists such as Jean Bodin and Montaigne. A CHARMING COPY, with generous margins and a fresh block, preserved in its contemporary binding of decorated vellum (spine later re-bound). From the ‘Hornus’ library, with bookplate. ¶ USTC, no. 23449.
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