Bossuet, J. - Discorso Sopra la Storia Universale Per Delucidare la Continuazion Della Religione E le Mutazioni Degl'Imperj, Dal Principio Del Mondo Sino All'Impero Di Carlo Magno

Venezia, Italy, Paolo Baglioni, 1715. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Translated from the original French by Selvaggio Canturani into Italian, two volumes being bound as one. The title page continues: "Di Monsignore Jacopo Benigno Bossuet Vescovo di Meaux, Consigliere del Regia Precettore del Serenissimo Delfino, Primo Limosiniere di Madama la Delfina." Translated, a Discourse, a treatise on Universal History. To clarify the continuation of religion and the changes of empires, from the beginning of the world to the empire of Charlemagne. Then Continuation of the Universal History from the Year 800 of Our Lord to the Year 1700. Published in Venice, by Paolo Baglioni, 1715, the first edition being apparently in 1712. Remarkably sturdy little tome, attractive, stands easily upright. Bound in a tan vellum over boards, chipping at spine bottom with a tendon stitch showing, gilt lettering over burgundy leather label at spine, four raised bands thereto. Blue-stained page edges all round. Beautiful publisher device at title page, sharp and distinct black-and-white engravings of heads and tails, initials and historiated initials. "Carlo Magno" (Charlemagne) was born on 2 April 748 and died on 28 January 814. Charlemagne became King of the Franks in 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 800, all until his death in 814, says his Wikipedia entry. He is credited with "uniting the majority of Western Central Europe, and he was the first recognized emperor to rule in the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier." His leadership spawned multiple political and societal changes and forever protected the Papacy. [1], 3-461 [8], 7-218 [1] pp. including a publisher's notice of additional titles.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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