{"product_id":"cardinal-granvelle-habsburg-biography-1761-first-edition-brooker-prove","title":"Cardinal Granvelle — Habsburg Biography, 1761 — First Edition (Brooker Provenance)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLuc de Courchetet d'Esnans\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistoire du Cardinal de Granvelle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParis: Jacques-François Duchesne, 1761. \u003cem\u003eFirst and only eighteenth-century edition\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuodecimo (165 × 95 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary French calf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAn Enlightenment Biography of Habsburg Power\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in Paris in 1761, this is the first archival-based biography of Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517–1586), influential advisor to Emperor Charles V and an important Renaissance collector of books and bindings. Courchetet d'Esnans, a magistrate and secretary to the Hanseatic cities in Paris, drew on Habsburg state papers to integrate narrative, documentary evidence, and the material culture of collecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePrinting \u0026amp; Historical Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssued by Jacques-François Duchesne, this sole eighteenth-century edition reflects the Enlightenment turn toward documentary historiography, with sustained attention to Granvelle's celebrated library. (In the \u003cem\u003eBibliotheca Brookeriana\u003c\/em\u003e sale, a number of other lots were described as coming from Granvelle's library; this copy is offered for its textual and historical importance and its modern provenance.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Engraved Portrait\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplete with the engraved portrait of Cardinal Granvelle preceding the title. Crisp and well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCollation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuodecimo. π³ A–2B¹² 2C⁸ 2D¹ = 542 leaves.\u003c\/em\u003e Roman type, 29 lines plus headline. Engraved portrait preceding title; woodcut printer's device on title-page; woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. Complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBinding\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary French calf (170 × 105 mm). Frame composed of a single gilt fillet. Spine with five bands and gilt compartments; dark brown morocco title-piece. Plain edges stained red; marbled pastedowns and endleaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery Good or Better. Slight browning toward edges with some spotting. Binding slightly worn at extremities, wear to head of spine, and joints beginning to crack; boards firm and sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBibliographical References\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarbier II, 773; Quérard III, 728; Brunet II, 1745; Cioranescu 21034.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the library of \u003cstrong\u003eT. Kimball Brooker\u003c\/strong\u003e, Chicago, with the red \"TKB\" bookplate and shelf tag. Sold at Sotheby's, \u003cem\u003eBibliotheca Brookeriana\u003c\/em\u003e, Part VII, Lot 1638 (11 July 2025), where acquired by the present owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Book of Scholarship and Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA significant Enlightenment biography uniting political history with the culture of Renaissance book collecting, preserved in contemporary French calf and carrying blue-chip Brooker provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarefully packed and shipped. Questions welcome.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atelier Zweig Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052453609660,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/1285\/3436\/files\/s-l1600_9bef814c-a122-4eae-aa23-6cc62d87d323.jpg?v=1783111636","url":"https:\/\/atelierzweig.com\/products\/cardinal-granvelle-habsburg-biography-1761-first-edition-brooker-prove","provider":"Atelier Zweig Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}