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EMBLEM BOOK. Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de. Idea de un Príncipe Político Christiano. 1659
(EMBLEM BOOK.) Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de. Idea de un Príncipe Político Christiano. 102 large engraved emblems in text. [20], 791, [1] pages, including engraved title. 4to, modern morocco; contents browned with some marginal dampstaining, blank upper margin of title excised, old stamp in blank lower margin, repaired clean tear across G3, 2L1-4 torn along bottom edge not affecting text, minor marginal repairs on last leaf. Antwerp: Jérôme & Jean-Baptiste Verdussen, 1659
- Notes: First published in 1640, "the finest Golden Age treatise on statecraft after the Política de Dios of Quevedo and the works of Gracián" (OCSL). Palau 283450; Peeters-Fontainas 1153; Praz, page 483.
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