Della guerra di Fiandra descritta dal cardinal Bentivoglio

In Venetia: per Giunti, e Baba, 1645. In-4° (250x180 mm). Three parts in 1 vol. [4], 254, [14] p. (intaglio frontispiece designed by Andrea Sacchi and engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert.); [2], 169, [7] p. (errors in page numbering: pp. 2-3 omitted, pp. 13-14 numbered 11-12); 238, [10] p. Full parchment binding with calligraphic title on the spine, loosened by the bites, with detachment of some leaves. Restorations, small stains, water stains on the margins of the initial leaves, woodworm galleries on the endpapers

Ownership signature on the frontispiece, notes on the endpapers, stamp on the title page. Famous work, fruit of the knowledge of historical sources and of the author's experience as a diplomat. It was composed over several years, from 1632 to 1639. Bibliography: Gamba 1793, for the first edition; Graesse I, 337