Macchiavelli (Niccolo) The Works, first edition in English, Printed

Macchiavelli (Niccolo) The Works, first edition in English, 5pp. publisher's catalogue at end, 16pp. Letter to Zanobius Buondelmontius bound in with preliminaries and includes an inserted leaf of manuscript between 2*2 and 3*1 with catchword on 2*2v altered to make it read properly, early ink inscription at head of title, small burn-hole in 2F1 just affecting a couple of letters, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed, head of spine nicked, [ESTC R19906; Wing M128A], folio, Printed for John Starkey, 1675. *** Handsome copy of the first edition in English of Macchiavelli's collected works. "Macchiavelli founded the science of modern politics on the study of mankind .... Politics was a science to be divorced entirely from ethics, and nothing must stand in the way of its machinery." (PMM).

Estimate:£3,000

View all items fromForum AuctionsorBooks, Maps & Manuscripts