MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo.
The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English.
First Edition in English of The Works of Machiavelli
London: Printed for J. S., to be sold by Robert Boulter at the Turks-head in Cornhil, against the Royal Exchange, 1675.
$7,200.00
Out of Stock
Item Number: RRB-42077
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
First edition in English of the works of Machiavelli, an important work of political science which includes The Prince. Folio, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panel, crimson morocco spine label, gilt edges. Includes: The History of Florence; The Prince; The Discourses of Nicholas Machiavel, Upon the First Decade of Titus Livius; and The Art of War (this last work is incomplete in this copy). Each with a separate dated title page but pagination and register are continuous. Also includes "Nicholas Machiavel’s letter to Zanobius Buondelmontius", which is not in fact by Machiavelli but by Henry Neville. Translation attributed Henry Neville. Wing M128. In very good condition. Rare and desirable.
Although it is relatively short, Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince
is the most remembered of his works and the one most responsible
for bringing the word “Machiavellian” into usage as a pejorative.
Although it was written as if it were a traditional work in the
mirrors for princes style, it is generally agreed that it was especially
innovative and is often considered to be one of the first works of
modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which
the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract
ideal.
The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English.
$7,200.00
Out of Stock
