Lunadoro (Girolamo, & Fioravante Martinelli). The Court of Rome. Wherein is sett forth the whole government thereof ... And a Direction for such as shall Travell to Rome ... Translated out of Italian into English by H. C., 1st edition in English, printed for Henry Herringman, 1654, title-page printed in red and black, roughly effaced ownership inscription dated 1722 to head, contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine rubbed, water-staining to front cover, tips a little worn, 8vo (16.2 x 10.6 cm) (Qty: 1) ESTC R210239; Wing C6591. Very scarce, no other copy traced at auction since 1971. Contains a translation of Lunadoro's Relatione della corte di Roma (Rome, 1635) and Martinelli's Roma ricercata nel suo sito (Rome, 1644). The translator, Henry Cogan, had as a young man accompanied Sir Henry Wotton's first embassy to Venice (1604-10), but by the 1650s was 'an impoverished Cavalier gentleman in Kent' (Stoye, English Travellers Abroad, 1604-1667, p. 137).
Lunadoro (Girolamo, & Fioravante Martinelli). The Court of Rome. Wherein is sett forth the whole government thereof ... And a Direction for such as shall Travell to Rome ... Translated out of Italian into English by H. C., 1st edition in English, printed for Henry Herringman, 1654, title-page printed in red and black, roughly effaced ownership inscription dated 1722 to head, contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine rubbed, water-staining to front cover, tips a little worn, 8vo (16.2 x 10.6 cm) (Qty: 1) ESTC R210239; Wing C6591. Very scarce, no other copy traced at auction since 1971. Contains a translation of Lunadoro's Relatione della corte di Roma (Rome, 1635) and Martinelli's Roma ricercata nel suo sito (Rome, 1644). The translator, Henry Cogan, had as a young man accompanied Sir Henry Wotton's first embassy to Venice (1604-10), but by the 1650s was 'an impoverished Cavalier gentleman in Kent' (Stoye, English Travellers Abroad, 1604-1667, p. 137).
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