Publisher:
London, Martin Secker: 1912
318 pages; Former owner's name neatly on endpaper, otherwise unmarked and secure in original gray cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration at spine; scattered foxing. Engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue guard of a medallion with Frederick II's profile; eight additional illustrated plates. Frederick II (1194 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. His political and cultural ambitions were enormous as he ruled a vast area, beginning with Sicily and stretching through Italy...
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