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SAAVEDRA FAJARDO, Diego de (1584-1648)

Idea Principis Christiano-Politici Centum Symbolis expressa
Bruxellae
exc. Joannes Mommartius
1659
€380 - €450

"In-folio, [24] + 722 + [4] pp. Engraved title-page (by P. Danoot after Er. Quellinius), one preliminary and one finale device and 101 devices in the body of the work (the 47th signed ""Joan. Saledeler fecit""). Marginal (damp) staining and foxing. Modern calf binding in the style of the period, with recuperation of the old spine"

"Ref. Praz p.483 ; Landwehr Dutch 693. The first edition was printed in Monaco in 1640 (in Spanish). Discourses on how to conduct oneself as a Christian ruler originally intended for the Spanish infante Baltasar son of King Philip IV. Each new chapter is introduced by an emblem with a Latin motto announcing the theme"

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