Vita Alberti Walsteini, ducis Friedlandiæ, &c. Ex Italico Galeacii Gualdi, in latinam sermonem translata. Labore ac studio Josuæ Arndii.

Wallenstein. GUALDO PRIORATO, Galeazzo.

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Rostock, Joachim Wildium, 1668. 8vo. 135 pp. Slight browning on the title and some minor spotting. 20th-century half vellum, spine with red and brown label, marbled boards, red edges (Gust. Hedberg). From the library of Fredrik Vult von Steyerns, with his gilt monogram on front board. VD17 1:009329U. Warmholtz 3946 note. First latin edition of Gualdo Priorato?s biography of Albrecht Wallenstein, duke of Friedland (1583-1634). The Italian original was published in 1643 and the latin translation is made by Josua Arnd (1626-87). Gualdo Priorato?s biography is still one of the main near contemporary sources to the life and fate of Wallenstein, the famous ?Generalissimo? from the Thirty Years War, who was murdered in Eger in 1634. Galeazzo Conte Gualdo Priorato (1606-78) was an Italian soldier and historian. He took part of almost the whole of the Thirty Years War, and was in the service of Moritz of Nassau and of Wallenstein, but also on the protestant side. After the war he wrote several historical works about the war.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vita Alberti Walsteini, ducis Friedlandiæ, &c. Ex Italico Galeacii Gualdi, in latinam sermonem translata. Labore ac studio Josuæ Arndii.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback