TWO PARTS BOUND TOGETHER. FIRST ITALIAN EDITION of French Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet`s "Discours sur l`histoire universelle", a work which closely examines the concept of Empire and Government in the Christian world throughout the ages. This is the first known edition of Selvaggio Canturani`s Italian translation. The book features several text decorations. 160x95mm. 461+219 pages. Contemporary smooth leather Hardcover. Cover worn, rubbed and stained. Front cover and whitepage detached. Front cover partly peeling. Cover corners/edges bumped. Spine worn, peeling and partly missing. Pen inscriptions on whitepages. First 24 pages nearly detached from binding. Text block edges slightly stained. Pages slightly yellowing and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This 300 year old history book has sustained some external damage to cover, but is still in good reading condition.