D'ORIGNY- LA VIE DU PÈRE ANTOINE POSSEVIN DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS superexlibris

D'ORIGNY

LA VIE DU PÈRE ANTOINE POSSEVIN DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS

Ou l'on voit l'histoire des importantes negociations ausquelles il a éte employé en qualiéte de Nonce de Sa Sainteté en Suede, en Pologne et en Moscovie etc. Paris 1712. chez Jeam Muzier. M.D.CCXII. Avec approbation et Privil. du Roi, k. [12], p. 541, [1], p. [12], format 10x17cm

(Estr. T. 15). Valuable work by French biographer and historian John Dorigny (1649-1731), describing the life and history of Antonio Possevino (1534 - 1611) - Jesuit, papal legate and diplomat, vicar general of Sweden, Denmark and the northern islands, Moscow, Inflants, Ruthenia, Hungary, Pomerania, Saxony.

In 1578 Pope Gregory XIII sent him on a mission to Sweden to bring an end to the Livonian wars. He then traveled to Moscow, where he was instrumental in concluding the Polish-Russian truce at the Zapolski Jama in 1582. He left a very insightful description of Sweden, Poland and Russia.

Rare!

HARDCOVER FULL LEATHER OF THE PERIOD, GILT SUPEREXLIBRIS IN THE MIRROR OF BOTH FACES, RICHLY GILDED SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS AND A SIGNBOARD CONTAINING THE TITLEPAGE, PAGE EDGES DECAYED

BDB condition/ bibl. stamp, BEAUTIFUL pieces