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. The Third Edition, carefully Corrected
London: Printed by T.W. for A Churchill, et al. 1720. Third Edition. Full Leather. Folio. Very Good. Item #33780
Pp. 12 p.l., 543, [1]. Pagination erratic, pp. 278-9 (Nn2) misbound between pp. 282-3 (Oo2-Pp), but all present. With general title and 4 section titles, woodcut ornaments and initials. Contemporary full calf, recently rebacked with blind-tooled compartments between raised bands flanked by double gilt rules, morocco lettering piece. Boards rubbed and worn, corners and edges restored, title a little browned and foxed, sporadic foxing throughout text, heavy in some places, a small burn hole (Ggg4), but overall a very good copy, in an attractively restored binding. The Third Collected Edition of Machiavelli's Works in English, containing "The History of Florence", "The Discourses on Titus Livy", "The Prince", "The Art of War", and several other writings. The first edition was published in 1675. The unnamed translator was Henry Neville [1620-1694], a political and miscellaneous writer and a Republican opponent of Oliver Cromwell, who was much admired by Hobbes for his "Plato Redivivus, or a Dialogue Concerning Government" [1681], which proposed a scheme for the exercise of the royal prerogative through councils of state responsible to parliament.
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