first edition Hard Cover
1963 · London
by Burchard, Johann; Parker, Geoffrey
London: The Folio Society, 1963. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x6x1. First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #178). Includes publisher's slipcase. Spine slightly faded, slipcase corners a bit worn. 1963 Hard Cover. 245 pp. 8vo. Maps on endpapers, maps and illustrations in text. The diary of the master of ceremonies to Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Lanzol Borgia), providing a firsthand account of the ecclesiastical and political influence of the powerful Italian/Spanish family of the Italian Renaissance. While there is a great deal of speculation regarding the immorality and criminal activity of the family, this account concentrates primarily on (truncated)