History
Cesaretti Library
Volumes of historical, political and social relevance
The story is represented through works that analyze historical events, periods and processes, from antiquity to the contemporary age. This section collects fundamental texts for the study of the political, social and economic history, selected for their rigor and documentary value.
Epilogue of political dogmas according to the dictates that remained
Author: Mazarin Julius
Publisher: Cologne, Gio. Selliba, 1695
One volume in -12°: 240 pp. Binding in original cardboard.
Good example. The first rare edition in Italian of the "Breviarium politicorum, secundum rubricas Mazarinicas" dedicated to baron Ferdinando Toriano de Tassis. La vera politica delle persone di qualità
Portraits and eulogies of illustrious captains
who have gloriously waged war in modern times
AuthorDescribed by Giulio Roscio, Monsignor Agostino Mascardi, Fabio Leonida, Ottavio Tronsarelli, & others.
Publisher: In Rome, at the request of Filippo de' Rossi, in Mascardi's print, 1646.๏ปฟ
1 volume in 4°, bound in full parchment. Pp. [8], 404, [4] p. : frontispiece and 131 copperplate portraits of Pompilio Totti in the text. Browning and some stains in the text, a small additional restoration on the white margin of page 335 which touches the text, but a very good complete copy.
Very rare.
Chronicle of the Kingdom of Naples
1 volume
๏ปฟAuthor: Cornelio Vitignano, Neapolitan nobleman
Publisher: Naples, Near Carlino and Pace, 1595
1 volume bound in 19th-century half-parchment with leather binding and gold decorations.
Very rare edition, top margin a little trimmed, but an excellent copy.
The first part of the history of Peru
Related with Francisco Lopez De Gomara
๏ปฟThe second part of the Historie Generali dell'India, Venice, 1557
Author: Pedro Cieza
Place: Venice, 1556.
Two parts in one volume of 8. 19th century half-leather binding.
A very rare collection of two accounts by two of the greatest chroniclers and historians of the new indies.
Ecclesiastical History of the Revolution of England
1 volume
Author: Pollens
Place: Rome, 1594
1 volume in quarto, bound in contemporary full parchment.
Fair copy.
