D'ORIGNY
LA VIE DU PÈRE ANTOINE POSSEVIN DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS
Ou l'on voit l'histoire des importantes negociations ausquelles il a éte employé en qualiéte de Nonce de Sa Sainteté en Suede, en Pologne et en Moscovie etc. Paris 1712. chez Jeam Muzier. M.D.CCXII. Avec approbation et Privil. du Roi, k. [12], p. 541, [1], p. [12], format 10x17cm
(Estr. T. 15). Valuable work by French biographer and historian John Dorigny (1649-1731), describing the life and history of Antonio Possevino (1534 - 1611) - Jesuit, papal legate and diplomat, vicar general of Sweden, Denmark and the northern islands, Moscow, Inflants, Ruthenia, Hungary, Pomerania, Saxony.
In 1578 Pope Gregory XIII sent him on a mission to Sweden to bring an end to the Livonian wars. He then traveled to Moscow, where he was instrumental in concluding the Polish-Russian truce at the Zapolski Jama in 1582. He left a very insightful description of Sweden, Poland and Russia.
Rare!
HARDCOVER FULL LEATHER OF THE PERIOD, GILT SUPEREXLIBRIS IN THE MIRROR OF BOTH FACES, RICHLY GILT SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS AND A SIGNBOARD CONTAINING THE TITLEPAGE, PAGE EDGES DECAYED
BDB condition/ bibl. stamp, BEAUTIFUL pieces
