[La Espana Imperial] Don Juan De Austria, Paladin De La Cristiandad

Zaragoza: Ediciones Luz, 1939. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 7 1/2; pp. 296 + publisher's advertisements; rebound in morocco-backed paper over boards with original illustrated wraps bound in; gilt title to spine; 5 raised bands; faint rubbing along edges; minor age-toning to pages; portrait frontis; very good to near fine condition.A biography of John of Austria - the illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the military leader who gained victory at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 against the Ottoman Empire.