HISTORY WARRS Of FLANDERS By BENTIVOGLIO/WAR BELGIUM/MANUSCRIPT/ RARE 1678, $895
Item History & Price
THE HISTORY OF THE WARRS OF FLANDERS: WRITTEN IN ITALIAN. BY THAT LEARNED AND FAMOUS CARDINAL BENTIVOGLIO; ENGLISHED BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE HENRY, EARL OF MONMOUTH. THE WHOLE WORK ILLUSTRATED WITH A MAP OF THE SEVENTEEN PROVINCES, AND ABOVE TWENTY FIGURES OF THE CHIEF PERSONAGES MENTIONED IN THIS HISTORY. London: Printed for D. Newman, T. Cockerill, S. Heyrick, C. Smith, and J. Edwin, 1678. First English Edition. Very Rare.
A solid and attractive very old and very rare leather-bound ...book, with a professionally rebacked spine; bound into the front is a 9-page nearly handwritten poem and a 2-page handwritten biography of the author. There are at least 10 illustrations in the text, but there are also at least seven places in the text where the illustration was excised, and one place where the illustration was torn and browned; lacking the map. The text is otherwise solidly bound, with early notations in the margins of some pages. Original marbled paper endpapers, with the owner name of Edward Jay Allen, and marbled-page edges. Original covers, with wear, fraying and scuffing; spine has been professionally rebacked in leather. Published 350 years ago, this book is now exceedingly rare and highly sought-after; the only other copy for sale worldwide is priced $895.
From the note to reader: "There are, who Languages a Mysterie would make that yet does undiscover'd lye; Boasting the Spaniard lofty, Toscan sweet, and airy French to pace with graceful feet; Whose well-tun'd Layes, in Times, than Ours, less rude, by some, whose hasty Vanity t'intrude into the Press, having been rendred hoarse, sense, and by words, massacred without remorse: They, by Fantastic-prejudice, condemn Young Travellers infection, root and stem Of all Translations; as implicitly. As some damn all who on a Scaffold dye. But tis not now, as when Squire Jeffrey liv'd: The Tongue's not cramp'd ere it can be repriev'd: Words, here, are facil, apt, significant; Such, as not make the Sense too wide, nor scant. His Pen not racks the Reader, as some do, but gives us ease, pleasure, and profit too. He is our understanding's Opstick; We, by such a Perspective much clearer see. The map of Italy's choice Language, here, To British eyes, in Landskip does appear..."
According to Wikipedia: "Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona (4 October 1579 – 7 September 1644) was an Italian cardinal, statesman and historian... He arrived in Brussels when negotiations between the Habsburgs and the Dutch Republic to end the Eighty Years' War were about to begin. Following the conclusion of the Twelve Years' Truce in April 1609, he was greatly concerned with the position of Catholicism in the Republic. Accredited to a Habsburg court, he likewise took a keen interest in the final stages of the reign and the succession of Emperor Rudolf II. Three more topics occupied a great deal of his time: the struggle over the Jülich-Cleves inheritance, [2] which was set to ignite the Thirty Years War, the flight of the prince de Condé from France in objection to Henri IV's divorce and remarriage, [3] and the degree of toleration for Catholics in England and Ireland under James I. His correspondence reveals Bentivoglio as "the skilled diplomatist, [4] polished by constant intercourse with the most refined society, as well as the mature observer, " according to Ludwig Pastor"..."
Also According to Wikipedia: "Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, KB (15 January 1596 – 13 June 1661) was an English nobleman and translator. Carey translated Virgilio Malvezzi's Romulus and Tarquin from the original Italian in 1637, and Giovanni Biondi's An History of the Civill Warres of England.. in 1641, also from the Italian. The Complete History of the Wars of Flanders, by Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio, followed in 1654..."
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Large and heavy quarto - sized leather book; 387 pages of text, with at least 10 illustrations, lacking the map, and at least 7 other illustrations have been cut out of the text; one illustrations has tears and browning; scholarly notations in the margins; 9-page handwritten poem in the front of the book, followed by a handwritten biography of the author; ownership markings of Rev. Jos Curr and Edward Jay Allen; marbled-paper endpapers, and Marbled page edges. Original leather and marbled-paper covered boards, and a professionally rebacked leather spine, with wear, scuffing, fraying around the edges, and tearing of the boards. A solid and attractive copy of this very rare book.
Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $6 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $60; Canadian airmail postage $40.
Bruce
A solid and attractive very old and very rare leather-bound ...book, with a professionally rebacked spine; bound into the front is a 9-page nearly handwritten poem and a 2-page handwritten biography of the author. There are at least 10 illustrations in the text, but there are also at least seven places in the text where the illustration was excised, and one place where the illustration was torn and browned; lacking the map. The text is otherwise solidly bound, with early notations in the margins of some pages. Original marbled paper endpapers, with the owner name of Edward Jay Allen, and marbled-page edges. Original covers, with wear, fraying and scuffing; spine has been professionally rebacked in leather. Published 350 years ago, this book is now exceedingly rare and highly sought-after; the only other copy for sale worldwide is priced $895.
From the note to reader: "There are, who Languages a Mysterie would make that yet does undiscover'd lye; Boasting the Spaniard lofty, Toscan sweet, and airy French to pace with graceful feet; Whose well-tun'd Layes, in Times, than Ours, less rude, by some, whose hasty Vanity t'intrude into the Press, having been rendred hoarse, sense, and by words, massacred without remorse: They, by Fantastic-prejudice, condemn Young Travellers infection, root and stem Of all Translations; as implicitly. As some damn all who on a Scaffold dye. But tis not now, as when Squire Jeffrey liv'd: The Tongue's not cramp'd ere it can be repriev'd: Words, here, are facil, apt, significant; Such, as not make the Sense too wide, nor scant. His Pen not racks the Reader, as some do, but gives us ease, pleasure, and profit too. He is our understanding's Opstick; We, by such a Perspective much clearer see. The map of Italy's choice Language, here, To British eyes, in Landskip does appear..."
According to Wikipedia: "Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona (4 October 1579 – 7 September 1644) was an Italian cardinal, statesman and historian... He arrived in Brussels when negotiations between the Habsburgs and the Dutch Republic to end the Eighty Years' War were about to begin. Following the conclusion of the Twelve Years' Truce in April 1609, he was greatly concerned with the position of Catholicism in the Republic. Accredited to a Habsburg court, he likewise took a keen interest in the final stages of the reign and the succession of Emperor Rudolf II. Three more topics occupied a great deal of his time: the struggle over the Jülich-Cleves inheritance, [2] which was set to ignite the Thirty Years War, the flight of the prince de Condé from France in objection to Henri IV's divorce and remarriage, [3] and the degree of toleration for Catholics in England and Ireland under James I. His correspondence reveals Bentivoglio as "the skilled diplomatist, [4] polished by constant intercourse with the most refined society, as well as the mature observer, " according to Ludwig Pastor"..."
Also According to Wikipedia: "Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, KB (15 January 1596 – 13 June 1661) was an English nobleman and translator. Carey translated Virgilio Malvezzi's Romulus and Tarquin from the original Italian in 1637, and Giovanni Biondi's An History of the Civill Warres of England.. in 1641, also from the Italian. The Complete History of the Wars of Flanders, by Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio, followed in 1654..."
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Large and heavy quarto - sized leather book; 387 pages of text, with at least 10 illustrations, lacking the map, and at least 7 other illustrations have been cut out of the text; one illustrations has tears and browning; scholarly notations in the margins; 9-page handwritten poem in the front of the book, followed by a handwritten biography of the author; ownership markings of Rev. Jos Curr and Edward Jay Allen; marbled-paper endpapers, and Marbled page edges. Original leather and marbled-paper covered boards, and a professionally rebacked leather spine, with wear, scuffing, fraying around the edges, and tearing of the boards. A solid and attractive copy of this very rare book.
Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $6 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $60; Canadian airmail postage $40.
Bruce
