Histoire des Guerres de Piedmont – François de Boivin – 1630 | Italian War of 1551-59

Histoire generalle des guerres de Piedmont, Savoye, Montferrat, Mantoüe et duché de Milan by Francois de Boivin is a rare collection of military memoirs written during the Italian Wars of the 1550s. Boivin recorded his firsthand experiences noting battle strategies, siege results, and even official correspondences with Charles V. Much of the work deals with specific operations in Piedmont and Savoy including the Sieges of San Damiano (1553), Valfenières (1554), and Santhià (1554).

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Histoire generalle des guerres de Piedmont, Savoye, Montferrat, Mantoüe et duché de Milan
• Author(s): François de Boivin
• Contributor(s): Claude Malingre (editor)
• Publisher: Paris. Cardin Besonge
• Edition: First edition. 1630
• Format: (16mo), two volumes
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  6.75 x 4.25 in (17.1 x 10.8 cm)
• Collation:
  • Vol I: [11], 898, 32 pp;
  • Vol II: [3], 697, 9 pp
• Contents Include:
  • Siege of San Damiano (1553)
  • Siege of Valfenières (1554)
  • Siege of Santhià (1554)
  • Correspondence with Charles V
  • Reports from campaigns in Piedmont and Savoy
• Provenance: unidentified gilt arms on each cover

Condition:

Very Good. Both volumes retain their original full leather bindings with moderate rubbing to corners and edges. Gilt remains bright on the spine and central device. Internally complete with clean text blocks and secure structure.

Why Collect This?

• Firsthand records and reports of the Italian Wars
• Bound with gilt arms, original spine tooling
• Appeals to collectors of Renaissance military and political history

Item Number: # 29021