Wright (John Michael) An account of His Excellence Roger Earl of Castlemaine's embassy, from His Sacred Majesty James IId. King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &c. To His Holiness Innocent XI, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece and vignette dedication leaf by Arnold van Westerhout after Giovanni Battista Lenardi, engraved portrait by Robert White and 15 plates, including 1 large folding depicting a banquet, by Westerhout after Lenardi and others, large folding plate with splits at folds and some staining, some spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Wing W3702; cf. Lipperheide 2751 (Italian edition)], folio, Tho. Snowden for the author, 1688.

⁂ Originally published in Italian the previous year. Wright was a painter who accompanied the Earl of Castlemaine's diplomatic mission to Rome, overseeing the Earl's elaborate procession to an audience with the Pope and the lavish banquet that followed.