Ávila y Zuniga, Luis de (c. 1490-c. 1560) The Comentaries of Don Lewes de Auela, and Suniga, great Master of Acanter, which treateth of

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Ávila y Zuniga, Luis de (c. 1490-c. 1560) The Comentaries of Don Lewes de Auela, and Suniga, great Master of Acanter, which treateth of the great vvars in Germany. London: in aedibus Richardi Totteli, 1554. First English edition, a translation of Commentarios de la Guerra de Alemania, an account of the Schmalkaldic War (1546-1574); small octavo, text in black letter, woodcut initials; rare, no copies listed in the auction record; ESTC locates five U.S. copies; bound in full olive morocco, rebacked, spine tooled in gilt, 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.

A-U8, (U7 and U8 blank and present).
http://estc.bl.uk/S100247
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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