DUMESNIL (Alexis). History of Don Juan of Austria. Paris, Am - Lot 7

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DUMESNIL (Alexis). History of Don Juan of Austria. Paris, Am - Lot 7
DUMESNIL (Alexis). History of Don Juan of Austria. Paris, Ambroise Dupont et Cie, 1827. In-8, viii-205-(one blank) pp. half-garnet brown morocco, spine ribbed with gilt cross-stamped bands; some foxing (Brigandat). FIRST EDITION. BRILLIANT DEMI-FRERE DE PHILIPPE II D'ESPAGNE, DON JUAN D'AUTRICHE (1545-1578) was a natural son of Charles V. He was one of the great captains of France. He was one of the great captains of his time, victorious at Granada against the rebellious Moors (1570), at Lepanto against the Turks (1571), at Tunis against the Barbary pirates (1573), at Gembloux against the troops of the insurgent Netherlands (1578). His ambition was to wear the crown he never achieved, and he died prematurely, perhaps poisoned. A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE VOGUE OF "SPANISHOLISM" that took hold following the Spanish Expedition of 1823, a vogue also indulged by Prosper Mérimée (Théâtre de Clara Gazul, 1825) and Victor Hugo (Hernani, 1830). The latter had already collaborated in 1823 on the publication of the Memoirs of his father, General Léopold Hugo, who had served in Spain during the Empire. LITERATOR AND ADVERTISER, ALEXIS DUMESNIL (1783-1858) published history books and, above all, political and religious essays and libels. An "evangelical socialist", he was a prolific pressman, calling for the community of goods and tirelessly denouncing corruption, which landed him in prison. A FINE COPY IN A SIGNED CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Provenance, banker and industrialist Alfred Renouard de Bussière (1804-1887, copper-engraved armorial bookplate).
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