MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò (1469-1527). Machiavels Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius. Translated by Edward Dacres. London: Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel Pakeman, 1636.
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MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò (1469-1527). Machiavels Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius. Translated by Edward Dacres. London: Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel Pakeman, 1636.
12mo (144 x 82 mm). Woodcut ornaments and initials. (First gathering disbound, some minor browning or staining, a few rust-holes occasionally affecting letters.) Contemporary blind calf, edges stained red (old rebacking, some minor wear).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, with animadversions in italics on the title-page and [B1] a cancelandum. "Machiavelli founded the science of modern politics on the study of mankind - it should be remembered that a parallel work to The Prince was his historical essay on the first ten books of Livy" (PMM 63, see next lot). ESTC S109049; STC 17160.
Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi
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