£938
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Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
dall'illustrissimo et eccllentissimo Signore Conte di Castelmaine, Ambasciadore Straordinario della Sagra Real Maesta di Giacomo Secondo. Rome: Domenico Antonio Ercole, 1687. Folio, 90, [1]p., engraved frontispiece and 15 plates, 1 folding, late 19th century green half morocco, uncut, slightly rubbed
Note; Following James II's accession to the throne in 1685 Castlemaine was sent as Ambassador to Rome with a splendid equipage and magnificent train to reconcile the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland to the Holy See.