1686 Scarce French Book - LE PRINCE by Niccolò Machiavelli. LE PRINCE DE MACHIAVEL.
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Author: Niccolò Machiavelli. MACHIAVEL.
Title: LE PRINCE DE MACHIAVEL.
Publisher: A Amsterdam, Chez Henri Wetstein, 1686. Troisieme Edition (3rd Edition).
Language: Text in FRENCH.
Size: 6.5 " X 4 ".
Pages: (32)-220 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original full calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed and worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, clean and tight, rare light foxing - as shown, light manuscript name of a previous owner on the title page - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the scarce frontispiece portait of Niccolò Machiavelli.
Estimate: (USD 900 - USD 1000)
The book: Scarce French 17th-century edition of The PRINCE by Niccolò Machiavelli. The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction guide for new princes and royals. The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends.
The author: Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian diplomat, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince (Il Principe), written about 1513. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.