Lot n° 491
Estimation :
300 - 400
EUR
GUICHARDIN (François) - Lot 491
GUICHARDIN (François)
History of the Italian wars. Translated from the Italian. London, Vaillant, 1738.
3 volumes in-4: 2f, XXVI, 8f, 620pp, (3) / 2f, XI, 604pp / 5f, 426pp, 95f. Some leaves browned.
Contemporary marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, fawn titles and endpapers, limp headbands, one bit split, rubbing and spotting, small leather tears, double gilt fillet on edges, red edges.
First French edition of one of the major historical works produced in Italy. A fine copy of this important history of the upheavals that were to permanently reshape Italy's political and religious landscape at the dawn of the 16th century.
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