This is an auction for AT THE COURT OF THE BORGIA by Johann Burchard.

Subtitled “Being an Account of the Reign of Pope Alexander VI Written By His Master of Ceremonies Johann Burchard”.

This is a Folio Society hardback.

From Wikipedia:

"Johann Burchard (c.1450–1506) was an Alsatian-born priest and chronicler during the Italian Renaissance. He became a Protonotary Apostolic in February 1481, and was appointed Master of Ceremonies to Pope Sixtus IV in 1483, having bought the office for 450 ducats. He held it until his death on 16 May 1506, successively acting as Ceremoniere to Innocent VIII (1484–1492), Alexander VI (1492–1503), Pius III (1503) and during the early years of Julius II... Burchard's importance derives from his Liber Notarum, a form of official record of the more significant papal ceremonies with which he was involved. The first critical edition of this work was published by E. Celani in 1906. Celani's edition collated various earlier printed editions of the work, and a collection of uncertain notations, with Burchard's original manuscript, thereby establishing an important critical edition of this account of the papal court at the end of the 15th century. As Ceremoniere, Burchard was responsible for the publication of a revised edition of the Liber Pontificalis in 1485 and for the publication of a new edition of the Caeremoniale Episcoporum in 1488. Perhaps Burchard's most enduring publication was the Ordo Servandus per Sacerdotem in celebratione Missae, published under orders from Pope Alexander VI..."

More here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Burchard

Folio Society hardback 2004.

245 pages.

Very good condition.

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