57 - [GUIDI (Ippolito Camillo)]. Account of the Events in Spain Leading to the Fall from Grace of the Count-Duke of Olivares. Amsterdam, Antoine Michiels, 1660. Small 12mo, 116 pp. Brown calfskin, smooth spine with decoration (contemporary binding). Head, mouth, and corners worn.

[GUIDI (Ippolito Camillo)]. Account of the Events in Spain Leading to the Fall from Grace of the Count-Duke of Olivares. Amsterdam, Antoine Michiels, 1660. Small 12mo, 116 pp. Brown calfskin, smooth spine with decoration (contemporary binding). Head, mouth, and corners worn. Third French edition of this account devoted to the downfall of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587–1645), the powerful favorite and chief minister of Philip IV of Spain, who fell from grace in 1643 after more than twenty years in power. Attributed to the Dominican friar Camillo Guidi, representative of the Duke of Modena at the court of Madrid, the text was translated into French by André Félibien (1619–1695), who would later become the king’s historiographer for the royal buildings. Ex-libris of Rob. Billy.