The History of the Wars of Flanders. Written in Italian by that learned and famous Cardinal Bentivoglio. Englished by the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Monmouth.

4to: [10 incl. front.]-387-57-[20] pp. (sm. hole without loss in the map, some errors in pagination, time-aged margins). Good copy.

Mod. half leather.

2nd ed. of the English translation (1st: 1754) by Henry Carey, Earl of Monmouth (1596-1661) of the "Della guerra di Fiandra" (1st ed.: 1632-1639) by Bentivoglio (1579-1644). Supplemented with "A Continuation of the History of the Wars of Flanders", running until 1675 and hence in 1st ed. Engr. ill.: a front. portrait of the author by T. Cross, the large fold. "A mapp of the XVII provinces in which the situation and distance of the principall citties, towns, rivers, and other remarkable places, are exactly described" by R. Morden & W. Berry and 23 half-page engr. portraits in text by R. Vaughan (some pasted on). Bentivoglio's testimony on the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) is based on historical sources and his own experience as an apostolic nuncio to Flanders between 1607 and 1615. The map engr. by F. Lamb was in contrast based upon large provincial maps. Having become polished through constant intercourse with the most refined society, the author was considered a mature observer and skilled diplomat.
Ref. Wing, B1912A - ESTC R41858. - Tooley III-76, III-278 and I-128.
Prov. Mod. bookpl.