Ferdinand de. La tyrannie heureuse ou Cromwel politique.Aves ses artifices & intrigues dans rout le cours de sa conduite.

by GALARDI

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Cromwell Compared to Borgia and Richelieu GALARDI, Ferdinand de. La tyrannie heureuse ou Cromwel politique.Aves ses artifices intrigues dans rout le cours de sa conduite. "Leiden: Jan Pauwels" [i.e. Brussels: Foppens] . 1671. 12mo. Contemporary stiff vellum, spine lettered in ink, pp. [xxviii], 108, with additional copper-engraved title designed and engraved by Thaysses; vellum a little darkened, light toning, occasional light spotting; a very good copy. Uncommon first edition, complete with the additional engraved title depicting Cromwell on horseback, this issue without errata and with Pauwels spelled ‘Pauvvels’ on the title-page. Ferdinand (or Fernando) de Galardi was a Spanish diplomat at the French and English courts, author of several works on politics, diplomacy, and the role of the ambassador. In La tyrannie heureuse (The Fortunate Tyranny), he exposes Cromwell’s anti-Catholic policies and autocratic rule. The opening chapter compares Cromwell to Cesare Borgia and Cardinal Richelieu before offering a detailed, blow-by-blow account of his meteoric rise to power through the Civil War and the abolition of the monarchy. Subsequent chapters describe the devastations in Scotland and Ireland, as well as the persecution of Catholics. The work is dedicated to Spanish nobleman Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza, Governor and Captain-General of Panama and President of the Real Audiencia of Panama from 1671 to 1673, perhaps best known for spearheading Panama’s relocation afte

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