[Rarebooks] FS: Elzevir Press' rare work of political satire. Amsterdam: 1667

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(ELZEVIR PRESS) [Rossi, Comte de]. IL MERCURIO POSTIGLIONE, di Questo e L'Altro Mondo. Villa-Franca (i.e. Amsterdam): Claudio del Monte. 1667. 12mo. 120pp. Orig. vellum, a bit soiled.             $600.00 (trade discount allowed)
A rare work, a political satire in the form of a dialog, during the time of King Philip IV of Spain (d. 1665). This is the original Italian edition; later the same year a French translation appeared. The Italian edition was printed by the Elzevir Press. See Willems #1774. 

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