Antonio Abbondanti IL BREVIARIO DELLE GUERRE DE PAESI BASSI 1641 Antique Vellum Cologne Italy Colonia Breviary Wars Netherlands Anti-Spanish Revolt 1559 Dedication Monsignor Fabio Chigi Pope Alexander VII
Title: Il Breviario del le Guerre de Paesi Bassi
Author: Antonio Abbondanti - Antonio Abbondanti (Imola) was an Italian writer and poet.

At the service of Pier Luigi Carafa, governor of Fermo, then bishop of Tricarico and, from June 1624 to September 1634, apostolic nuncio to Cologne, the Abbondanti held the office of secretary of the nunciature, assuming also the interim in 1652.

In the German city published in 1625 the satirical poem and heroicomic Journey of Cologne telling of the journey undertaken by Fermo in Rome and in Colonia with Carafa, referring to a model already used by other writers such as Cesare Caporali, Francesco Berni and Camillo Scroffa. In 1630, after another trip to the Netherlands, he published in Antwerp, the sacred poem La Giuditta, the sacred, moral and miscellaneous rhymes, dedicated to Carafa, from which it is noted, in particular, that the Abbondanti had been a member of the "Accademia degli Avvivati" of Bologna, and a Eulogy of the Count of Tilly, the latter under the pseudonym of Ercole Cristiano.

Again in Cologne, in 1641 he published the Breviary of the Wars of the Netherlands , narrating the anti-Spanish revolt of 1559.
Publisher: Andrea Binghio
City: Colonia
Year: 1641
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 233 pages
Width: 3" Height: 5"
Book Details: This small antique vellum bound volume from 17th century Cologne, Italy.

This title, translates to The Breviary of the Wars of the Netherlands and is a narration of the anti-Spanish revolt of 1559. The work is dedicated to Monsignor Fabio Chigi who, as the candidate favoured by Spain, was elected pope on April 7, 1655, taking the name of Alexander VII.

Pope Alexander VII, born Fabio Chigi, was Pope from 7 April 1655 to his death in 1667. He began his career as a vice-papal legate, and he held various diplomatic positions in the Holy See. He was ordained as a priest in 1634, and he became Bishop of Nardo in 1635. Wikipedia


Condition / Notes: This antique volume is bound in vellum with a leather spine label.

The books show some age/wear externally concentrated at the extremities. The binding is tight and the text is clear.


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