NITHARD, JEAN EVERARD.

Relation des differents arrivez en Espagne entre D. Jean d'Austriche et le cardinal Nitard. 2 vols.

Paris, Barbin & Aubouin, 1677.

8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Edges of boards gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Wear to extremities. Spine-ends chipped and some of gilting worn off. Internally nice and clean. (2), 407 pp.; (2), 335, (5) pp. 

Uncommon first edition of this compilation of letters and major polemical texts that marked the feud between don Juan José of Austria (1629-1679), illegitimate son of Philip IV of Spain, governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1656-1659) and the Austrian Jesuit Johann Eberhard Nithard (1607-1681).

Order-nr.: 61009