1756 LIFE of CESAR BORGIA ILLUSTRATED w/ PORTRAIT antique VELLUM BINDING

La vie de Cesar Borgia, Duc de Valentinois, fild du pape Alexandre VI.

(The Life of Cesar Borgia, Duke of Valentinos, son of Pope Alexandre VI)

 2 parts in 1 volume

Translated by T. Tomasi

Amsterdam and Leipzig, Schreuder & Mortimer; 1756

 With engraved portrait.

2 leaves, 22 pages, 1 blank leaf, 324 pages; 2 leaves, 348 pages.

Original vellum binding with gilt spine title.

With Bookplate

Rare

Very good condition

Size: 4 1/4 by 7 inches

Text in FRENCH
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Cesare Borgia (1475 –  1507) was an Italian cardinal deacon and later a condottiero, as well as a member of the Spanish House of Borgia.
He was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and sibling to Lucrezia Borgia.

After initially entering the Church and becoming a cardinal on his father's election to the papacy, he resigned his diaconal profession after the death of his brother in 1498.
He was employed as a condottiero for King Louis XII of France around 1500, and occupied both Milan and Naples during the Italian Wars.
At the same time, he carved out a state for himself in Central Italy, but he was unable to retain power for long after his father's death.
His quest for political power was a major inspiration for The Prince by the renowned Florentine historian, Niccolò Machiavelli.
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