Gregorio Leti - Vita del Catolicore Re Filippo II Monarch
Coligni, Chouet, . Two complete volumes bound separately ( by 18cm).Volume One, 66 unnumbered pages, unnumbered pages--Index. Half title present along with full page engraving of the King. Volume Two, 44 unnumbered pages, unnumbered pages with a light tide mark effecting a few signatures at the start. Bound in period full tree calf and rebacked with the last years, Red leather and gilt spine lable. Ex Libris, Lord Lymington with his armorial crest bookplate on front paste downs of both volumes, Perhaps the rarest edition of this ground braking history.Although the Philippines was named after this jackass he couldn't balance a check book to save himself but sure knew how to kill lots of his subjects—sailors, peasants, and Dutchmen, among others. Read More