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[Nicolo Machiavelli].
The Prince, 1640.

Published Menston: Scolar Press, 1969.
Series: Scolar Press Facsimiles, General Series.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound, with dustjacket.
Printer: the Scolar Press, Menston.
Size: 113×177×19mm.
Page count: [xvi],311pp.
Main language: English, text in original spelling.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is somewhat discoloured, but not badly worn; the spine has a mild bump at its base, and some creasing; the page edges are somewhat yellowed with age; text appears to be free of marking.


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Weight without packaging: 312g.

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Presents a facsimile reprint of the first English translation by Edward Dacres: full title is “Nicholas Machiavel’s Prince, also The life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca, and The meanes Duke Valentine us’d to put to death Vitellozza Vitelli, Oliverotto of Fermo, Paul, and the Duke of Gravina”. Apart from a brief prefatory note, the book is not provided with any modern apparatus.


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