Discorsi Di Nicolo Machiavelli Pra La Prima Deca Di Tito Livio [bound with] Il Prencipe di Nicolo Machiavelli. [Machiavelli's Discourses bound with The Prince].

"The Prince" was first published by Anthony Blado in 1532 and was placed on the Index librorum prohibitorum in 1559. This edition, with its false imprint, was produced by English bookseller and printer John Wolfe, an ardent defender of printing privileges in Elizabethan England. Wolfe made a considerable contribution to the reception of Machiavelli during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I by making the texts available to both scholars and statesmen. His disdain the printing patent system drew the ire of his competitors and authorities in his early career. After being jailed twice and having his printing materials seized, Wolfe transformed himself into an ardent defender of printing privileges and by 1593, he was appointed Printer to the City of London (PMM 63).