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1694611098chez Henri Desbordes 1694. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce late 17th-century French translation of Machiavelli's history of Florence. Volume I only of 2. Bound in 18th-century marbled boards large chip at top of spine; rubbing to boards. Has two full pages of ink notes in a fine hand at front. chez Henri Desbordes hardcover
1680AN1GLTBRN217London: Printed for John Starkey Charles Harper and John Amery 1680. Hardback contemporary mottled calf front board detached. Gilt title to red leather label to spine. Marbled edges. 32cm x 20cm. Pp. 22 528 15. Woodcut typographic ornament to title woodcut typographic headpieces and decorative initials. 2nd edition 1680. 'The Publisher to the Reader Concerning the following Letter' bound into rear. Some cracking to outer joint to upper spine small losses to spine label. Engraved armorial bookplate of Samuel Goodford of Inner Temple 1737 to front pastedown. Front free end-paper detached. Previous owner's details written to front blank. Page 1 is loose with small burn hole within text with loss of a few letters. Cut with some fraying to some inner margins between page 448-456 & 489-503. Scarce. A heavy book additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. an1. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Printed for John Starkey, Charles Harper, and John Amery Hardcover
1636EXP3-A-6London: Tho Paine for W Hills and D Pakeman 1636. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 6" by 3.5". None. Niccolo Machiavelli's political history work Discourses on Livy. This is the first English translation of this work. Translated by Edward Dacres a prominent translator of Machiavelli's works. Collated complete. A very scarce copy of this work. Would make a good copy once rebound rarely seen at all and usually in very poor state. Discourses on Livy is a philosophical political history. It was written in the early 16th century and was first published posthumously in 1531. The work discusses Livy's Ab Urbe Condita which discuss the expansion of Rome through the end of the Third Samnite War. Niccolo Machiavelli was a Florentine Renaissance historian politician humanist philosopher and author. In a contemporary calf binding. Externally worn. Severe loss to the backstrip and to the boards. Patches of rubbing to what remains of boards. Evidence of some previous repair to the joints and boards. Front joint and hinge are extremely weak and held by one cord only. Highly likely board with detach with further handling. Rear hinge is also weak and held by two cords. May detach with further handling. Internally binding is tender in place and strained throughout. Pages are slightly age toned. Light tidemarks to the top of the outer margin to pages 135-195 then again to pages 245-288pp and 389-434pp not affecting text. Occasional scattered spots throughout. Overall: GOOD ONLY due to binding. Good Only Tho Paine for W Hills and D Pakeman hardcover
1674149757London: Charles Harper and John Amery 1674. Rare second English edition of Machiavelli s Florentine History the first edition to appear after Thomas Bedingfield s translation in 1595 of this political and historical account of Florence. Sextodecimo bound in full leather morocco spine label gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised bands gilt ruling to the panels all edges marbled marbled endpapers frontispiece. In very good condition. Florentine Histories is a historical account by Italian Renaissance political philosopher and writer Niccolò Machiavelli. After the crisis of 1513 with arrests for conspiracy torture and after being sentenced to house arrest Machiavelli's relationship with the Medici family passively began to mend itself. If the dedication of Il Principe 1513 to Lorenzo II de' Medici had not any effect part of the then dominant faction of the Florence was not against him and instead granted him an appointment. In his letter he deplores of his idle state offering his precious political experience to the new lord. To sustain that timid request Machiavelli with a considerably courtier-like spirit set his Mandragola for the wedding of Lorenzino de' Medici. In 1520 he was invited to Lucca for a mission of a semiprivate character indicating that the ostracism was to be raised up. At the end of that year Giulio Cardinal de Medici commissioned him to write a History of Florence. Although this was not exactly the charge he desired Machiavelli accepted it as the only possible way to come back into the graces of the Medici. The intent of the work although semi-officially was to recover the city's charge of historic officiality. The wage for the appointment was not large 57 florins per year later increased to 100. The finished work was presented officially to Giulio de' Medici now Pope Clement VII in the May 1526. The Pope liked the work and rewarded him albeit moderately and asked him support in the creation of a national army on the wake of his theorical work The Art of War in the preparations for the War of the League of Cognac. However after the Sack of Rome 1527 and the fall of the Medici government in Florence Machiavelli's hopes were dashed. Machiavelli would die soon afterwards. Charles Harper and John Amery hardcover
1675148533London: John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet near Temple-Bar 1675. First edition in English of the most important writings of Niccolo Machiavelli widely considered the foundation of the modern study of politics. Includes The History of Florence The Prince Discourses on Livy and The Art of War. Folio bound in three quarter modern calf over marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label modern endpapers but retaining early binder's flyleaves engraved ornamental initials headpieces. Without the general title frontispiece or ads sometimes encountered. Included is “Nicholas Machiavel’s Letter to Zanobius Buondelmontius in Vindication of Himself and His Writings†which was in fact authored by Henry Neville the translator of this edition. There are two issues of this work in 1675: one with the general title page imprint “Printed for John Starkey†this copy and another “Printed for J.S.†Separate title pages for The History of Florence The Prince The Discourses and The Art of War as issued. French inscription to the front binder's flyleaf marginal toning and spotting throughout toning to the spine. In very good condition. A very sharp example. “Machiavelli 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 63. “Machiavelli is a popular symbol for the… completely unprincipled and unscrupulous politician whose whole philosophy is that the end justifies the means. The highest law to Machiavelli it is universally believed was political expediency… From a comparative reading of Discourses and The Prince one must come to the startling conclusion that Machiavelli was a convinced republican. He had no liking for despotism and considered a combination of popular and monarchical government best. No ruler was safe without the favor of his people. The most stable states are those ruled by princes checked by constitutional limitations… His ideal government was the old Roman republic and he constantly harked back to it in the Discourses… It is hardly disputable that no man previous to Karl Marx has had as revolutionary an impact on political thought as Machiavelli†Downs 12. “He more than any other political thinker created the meaning that has been attached to the state in modern political usage†Sabine 351. John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar hardcover
