[EARLY PRINTING] (VERA Y FIGUEROA, JUAN ANTONIO DE) idea del perfetto ambasciadore... Venice: Giorgio Hertz, 1654. 4to. [4 leaves], 1-368, (2), (8) pp. With a half title-page and an additional engraved vignette title-page, head pieces, and decorated initials. Full contemporary tan calf. With an armorial device in spine compartments, presumably of Nicolas Fouquet (1615-1680), Superintendent of Finances in France under Louis XIV. Italic and Roman type, with letterpress shoulder notes. Scuffed, joints and extremities rubbed, with the head of spine rubbed away and the headband exposed; light foxing to title-page, front and rear leaves, some darkening at edges to front and rear, internally generally clean. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down, an ink stamp on half-title and rear paste-down, and call number in pencil on front paste-down and title-page. Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.
[EARLY PRINTING] (VERA Y FIGUEROA, JUAN ANTONIO DE) idea del perfetto ambasciadore... Venice: Giorgio Hertz, 1654. 4to. [4 leaves], 1-368, (2), (8) pp. With a half title-page and an additional engraved vignette title-page, head pieces, and decorated initials. Full contemporary tan calf. With an armorial device in spine compartments, presumably of Nicolas Fouquet (1615-1680), Superintendent of Finances in France under Louis XIV. Italic and Roman type, with letterpress shoulder notes. Scuffed, joints and extremities rubbed, with the head of spine rubbed away and the headband exposed; light foxing to title-page, front and rear leaves, some darkening at edges to front and rear, internally generally clean. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down, an ink stamp on half-title and rear paste-down, and call number in pencil on front paste-down and title-page. Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.
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