Chronicon tragicum, sive, De eventibus tragicis principum, tyrannorum, virorumque fama vel nobilitate illustrium ... / a D. Carolo Joseph Imbonato mediolanensi ...

Romae : Typis Haeredum Corbelletti, MDCXCVI [1696]

1 volume ; 23 cm

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Italy -- Rome, -- publication place.

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From dealer's description: "IMBONATI, Carlo Giuseppe. Chronicon tragicum sive de eventibus tragicis principum, tyrannorum, virorumque fama vel nobilitate illustrium. Rome, Heirs of Corbelletti, 1696. Two parts bound in one volume, 4to, pp.[xvi], xlviii, 140,[8]; 364,[16];title of partI printed inred and black, additional title engraved by Arnold van Westerhout to each part; small paperflaw to dedication touching a single letter, a few small inkstains; a fine copy, clean and crisp, bound in contemporary vellum; lightly soiled, title and imprint lettered to spine in manuscript, contemporary marginal annotations to 4 pp. First edition of Imbonati’s didactic work, a speculum principis aiming to educate young students and guide princes and politicians ‘seeking the truth’ through the examples of many rulers of the past and the tragic events that led to their deaths. Divided into two parts, the first deals with tyrants and rulers from the beginning of the world to the birth of Christ (from Nimrod to Herod Antipas) while the second continues up to the late seventeenth century (including members of the royal families of England, Scotland, France, Russia, Italy, Spain and the Ottoman empire). Chronicon tragicum is dedicated to Cardinal Celestino Sfondrati (1644–1696), Benedictine theologian and Prince-Abbot of St Gall. It is the last known work by the Cistercian theologian and Hebrew scholar Carlo Giuseppe Imbonati (d. 1697)." Ordered from Bernard Quaritch Ltd., D9760, 2024-08-06, Cat. Education, July 2024, item #17.

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