Bound in the arms of the dedicatee.- Palazzuolo (Cesare) Il Soldato

Bound in the arms of the dedicatee.- Palazzuolo (Cesare) Il Soldato di Santa Chiesa, first edition, title with woodcut arms of the dedicatee Francesco Borghese, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, light foxing, some tiny worming to gutter head (not affecting text), contemporary vellum, covers with central gilt arms of Francesco Borghese, heraldic dragon and eagle tooled in gilt to each corner, double gilt fillet border, flat spine gilt-tooled with alternating dragons and eagles, lacking ties, shallow chip to spine head, lower cover with a few very small gouges and small stain to fore-edge, some very small spots, toned, g.e., small 4to, Rome, Luigi Zannetti, 1606. *** Bound in the arms of Francesco Borghese (1556-1620), brother of Pope Paul V. Paul V vigorously fought for the development and reinforcement of the papal army, naming his brother Francesco as general. Palazzuolo, Generale collaterale or general inspector for the papal armed forces, was commissioned to write the present work detailing both his reforms and their theoretical justification. The handsome gilt-tooled vellum binding was executed, as the tooling clearly attests, in the most renowned and sought-after workshop then active in Rome, that run by the Soresini binders, who worked for the papal court as well as other high-profile clients from the 1590s to ca. 1630

Estimate:£600

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