1570 LETTERE DI PRINCIPI antique VELLUM LETTERS of PRINCES

Lettere di principi, le quali o si scrivono da principi, o a principi, o' ragionan di principi Libro primo (Letters of Princes) edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, dedicated by the editor to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo In Venetia: appresso Giordan Ziletti, & compagni, 1570 Size 6 by 8" Full vellum binding with title label at the spine Sprinkled edges Very good condition With bookplate : Ex libris Comitis Alexandri Ab Hubner Text in Italian =================================== Joseph Alexander von Hubner (1811-1892) Diplomat and writer born in Vienna on 26 November 1811. His real name was Hafenbredl, which he later changed to Hubner. He was first secretary to the Austrian ambassador in Lisbon and then elected consul in Leipzig. In 1848 he was in Milan and during the Five Days' Uprising he was kidnapped as a hostage and remained a prisoner for several months. Returning to Austria he was appointed ambassador to France and in 1865 to