12mo. [8], 208pp. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Heavily rubbed and marked, loss to head and foot of spine, corners exposed. Without front endpapers, title page chipped, torn, and stained, slight marginal loss to penultimate leaf, rear pastedown sprung.

The first edition in English of Italian historian and diplomat Virgilio Malvezzi's (1595-1654) Successi principali della monarchia di Spagna nell'anno M.DC.XXXIX. (1640).

The translation, dedicated to Edward Buckhurst, Earl of Dorset, was executed by Robert Gentilis (b. 1590, d. in or after 1665), fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.