Guido Bentivoglio, Relazione della fuga di francia d'Henrico di Borbone Prencipe di Conde Primo Prencipe del sangue Regio di Francia e di quello che ne segui sino al suo ritorno a Parigi, in Italian, manuscript on paper [Italy, seventeenth century] 107 leaves (plus single endleaves at front and back), complete, single column of approximately 17 lines of an italic hand, titles in same, last 12 leaves with 25 lines in another hand, these leaves suffering a little from ink burn, otherwise small spots and stains, else good condition, 275 by 200mm.; in 'Middle Hill' marbled boards with dark leather spine and corners, some scuffs and splitting of leather, but solid in binding Provenance: 1. Frederick North (1766-1827), 5th Earl Guilford, politician, British governor of Ceylon, traveller and formidable book collector, often purchasing entire libraries of ecclesiastical institutions in Italy and Greece with the aim of forming a university on Corfu: his armorial printed bookplate on pastedown. However, problems with his will forced the sale of the library by auction at Evans of 93 Pall Mall in 1828-1835, including this volume as part of lot 399 there. 2. Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), the greatest manuscript collector to have ever lived; this his MS. 5677: with his pencil and pen inscriptions of this number on front pastedown. Offered in his sale in Sotheby's, 10 June 1896, lot 542, but unsold, and with the Robinson's stock no. 'A-2675' subsequently added to front pastedown; offered again in Sotheby's, 29 October 1962, lot 167, and sold to S.W. Edwards, his cat. 105 (1963), no. 7. 3. E.H. Dobrée, of Adney Hall, Teddington: his twentieth-century bookplate on front endleaf. 4. Harry and Virginia Walton; their sale in our rooms, 9 July 2009, lot 19. Text: Guido Bentivoglio was born in Ferrara in 1579, and studied in Padova, where he met Galileo. He travelled to Rome and established himself as a churchman, diplomat and historian, serving in high rank as nuncio to Flanders and France in 1607-1615 and being elevated to the cardinalate in 1627. His works are important eyewitness accounts to early seventeenth-century history, and this one in particular seeks to explain the fractious relationship between the increasingly powerful French aristocracy and the demanding absolutist ruler, Henry IV of France. To view a video of this item, click here.
Guido Bentivoglio, Relazione della fuga di francia d'Henrico di Borbone Prencipe di Conde Primo Prencipe del sangue Regio di Francia e di quello che ne segui sino al suo ritorno a Parigi, in Italian, manuscript on paper [Italy, seventeenth century] 107 leaves (plus single endleaves at front and back), complete, single column of approximately 17 lines of an italic hand, titles in same, last 12 leaves with 25 lines in another hand, these leaves suffering a little from ink burn, otherwise small spots and stains, else good condition, 275 by 200mm.; in 'Middle Hill' marbled boards with dark leather spine and corners, some scuffs and splitting of leather, but solid in binding Provenance: 1. Frederick North (1766-1827), 5th Earl Guilford, politician, British governor of Ceylon, traveller and formidable book collector, often purchasing entire libraries of ecclesiastical institutions in Italy and Greece with the aim of forming a university on Corfu: his armorial printed bookplate on pastedown. However, problems with his will forced the sale of the library by auction at Evans of 93 Pall Mall in 1828-1835, including this volume as part of lot 399 there. 2. Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), the greatest manuscript collector to have ever lived; this his MS. 5677: with his pencil and pen inscriptions of this number on front pastedown. Offered in his sale in Sotheby's, 10 June 1896, lot 542, but unsold, and with the Robinson's stock no. 'A-2675' subsequently added to front pastedown; offered again in Sotheby's, 29 October 1962, lot 167, and sold to S.W. Edwards, his cat. 105 (1963), no. 7. 3. E.H. Dobrée, of Adney Hall, Teddington: his twentieth-century bookplate on front endleaf. 4. Harry and Virginia Walton; their sale in our rooms, 9 July 2009, lot 19. Text: Guido Bentivoglio was born in Ferrara in 1579, and studied in Padova, where he met Galileo. He travelled to Rome and established himself as a churchman, diplomat and historian, serving in high rank as nuncio to Flanders and France in 1607-1615 and being elevated to the cardinalate in 1627. His works are important eyewitness accounts to early seventeenth-century history, and this one in particular seeks to explain the fractious relationship between the increasingly powerful French aristocracy and the demanding absolutist ruler, Henry IV of France. To view a video of this item, click here.
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