Guevara (Antonio de). Libro Primo [-Quarto] dell Lettere 4 volumes in one Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1565 titles with woodcut device, a few leaves misbound in part 4, burnmark at head of part 1 title and dedication, small ink stamps to part 1 title, a few annotations, occasional light toning, D.L Cumming signature later calf-backed boards, head of spine chipped Size 6 1/4 by 8 1/3" --------------------------- Antonio de Guevara (c. 1481 – 3 April 1545) was a Spanish bishop and author. In 1527 he was named royal chronicler to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. His first book Libro áureo first appeared in pirated editions the following year. This pseudo-historical book of incidents and letters from the life of Marcus Aurelius (known in a later expanded edition as Relox des principes) was translated into nearly every language of Europe, including Russian, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, Armenian, and Romanian. The popularity of Guevara’s book led scholar and translator Méric Casaubon to remark that no book besides the Bible was so often translated as Guevara’s Relox de principes, or Dial of Princes. Besides his book of Marcus Aurelius, Guevara wrote eight other books, some of which continued to be translated and republished in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Topic:
Europe
Binding:
Leather
Subject:
History
Language:
Italian
Original/Facsimile:
Original
Year Printed:
1565

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