1657 Napoli History of Masaniello Revolt in NAPLES Giraffi Dutch Habsburg Spain

1657 Napoli History of Masaniello Revolt in NAPLES Giraffi Dutch Habsburg Spain

An exceedingly rare, mid-17^th-century book on the history of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Hapsburgs in Naples in 1647. This book, written by an unnamed Alessandro Giraffi, was an immensely popular book in the Netherlands following the oppression during the Thirty Years War. This first-hand account of the revolt, follows the story of Masaniello, a local Italian fisherman, who led a revolt which ransacked armories and prisons in Naples – a historical event that has been retold, painted, and argued for centuries.  Masaniello was described as,

“…a young man of twenty-seven, beautiful and graceful in appearance, his face was brown and somewhat burned by the sun: black eyes, blond hair, with locks that ran down his neck.” (St. John., 68)

This rare 1657 edition was published in Dutch in Amsterdam by Stam.

Item number: #3334

Price: $599

GIRAFFI, Alessandro

Het eerste (tweede) deel der Napelsche Beroerte, met de wonderlicke op- en ondergang van Mas’ Aniello. Uit het Italiensch [i.e. the “Relatione delle rivolutioni popolari successe nel … Regno di Napoli,” etc. of Nescipio Liponari] vertaelt door L[ambert] v[anden] B[os]. Den vijfden druck. [The dedication is signed N. N.].

Amsterdam : by Fredsz. Stam, 1657.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 parts in 1
  • Part 1 – [10], 11-240
  • Part 2 – [4], 5-312
  • Part 3 – [4], 5-72
• References: St. John, Masaniell of Naples;
• Language: Dutch
• Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
• Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13.5cm x 8cm)
• Quite rare with no other example for sale worldwide

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