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SAAVEDRA FAJARDO, Diego de (1584-1648). Idea de un principe politica christiano representada en cien empresas. Munich: Nicolao Enrico, 1 March 1640.
4° (225 x 171mm). Engraved title, one preliminary and one final device and 100 engraved emblems by J. Sadeler with swag borders, space for the second emblem left blank. 4-page errata at end. (Tt1 torn with loss to 13 lines recto and verso, some light spotting and occasional soiling.) Contemporary vellum, later label on spine, yapp edges (ties lacking). Provenance: Le Chevalier de Guthrie-Grahame-Bonar (bookplate) -- [H. Yates Thompson].
FIRST EDITION of this discourse on how to become an ideal Christian ruler, both in dealings with subjects and with foreign governments, conceived as a schoolbook for the Infante Balthasar, son of Philip IV of Spain, who died too young to profit from it. Saavedra Fajardo studied law at Salamanca, became a Knight of Santiago at the age of 22, and served the Spanish government in important diplomatic missions, finally as a member of the Council of the Indies in 1646 .Landwehr German, 515; Palau 28344; Praz p. 146
4° (225 x 171mm). Engraved title, one preliminary and one final device and 100 engraved emblems by J. Sadeler with swag borders, space for the second emblem left blank. 4-page errata at end. (Tt1 torn with loss to 13 lines recto and verso, some light spotting and occasional soiling.) Contemporary vellum, later label on spine, yapp edges (ties lacking). Provenance: Le Chevalier de Guthrie-Grahame-Bonar (bookplate) -- [H. Yates Thompson].
FIRST EDITION of this discourse on how to become an ideal Christian ruler, both in dealings with subjects and with foreign governments, conceived as a schoolbook for the Infante Balthasar, son of Philip IV of Spain, who died too young to profit from it. Saavedra Fajardo studied law at Salamanca, became a Knight of Santiago at the age of 22, and served the Spanish government in important diplomatic missions, finally as a member of the Council of the Indies in 1646 .Landwehr German, 515; Palau 28344; Praz p. 146
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