1929 Scarce Limited Edition bound by Morrell - The PRINCE by Niccolò Machiavelli.
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Author: Niccolò Machiavelli. Edward Dacres, translator.
Title: The PRINCE by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Publisher: London, At the De La More Press, Alexander Moring Limited, 1929. Limited edition. Number 45 of 925 copies on English Antique Paper.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 9.5 " X 7 ".
Pages: xviii-126 pages.
Binding: Good and attractive full morocco leather binding bound by Morrell binder in London (hinges worn and scuffed but still tight, overall scuffed and worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt
Content: Very good content (bright, clean and tight, rare light foxing - as shown, ex-libris of a previous owner -Jay Iglauer-on the first endpaper - as shown, first endpaper inner hinge worn but still tight - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with frontispiece portait of Niccolò Machiavelli.
The book: Scarce limited 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.