MACHIAVEL

First edition of the French translation by J.-Y. Périès.
Contemporary half midnight blue shagreen binding, spine with four false raised bands decorated with cold fillets and compartments, double fillets and gilt fleurons.
Fine copy.

First edition of historian Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye's translation - the second French translation of The Prince - with commentary, with an unsigned frontispiece portrait of the author by Ertinger, and a vignette title-page. Numerous head and tail-pieces.
Bound in full brown roan, spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt title, sprinkled edges. Tiny leather tears at the edges, corners rubbed, damp stain to the lower margin on the last hundred leaves and wormholes on the last few leaves, without affecting the text.
A fine copy of one of the greatest masterpieces of political philosophy.
Ebert, 12672.

Second edition of historian Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye's translation - the second French translation of The Prince - with commentary, and an unsigned frontispiece portrait of the author by Ertinger, as well as a vignette title-page. Numerous headbands in the text.
Full brown roan, spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt title, sprinkled edges. Small tears to the leather at the edges, corners rubbed, damp stain to the lower margin on the last hundred leaves and wormholes on the last few leaves, not affecting the text.
A fine copy of one of the greatest masterpieces of political philosophy.
Ebert, 12672.
 

Pléiade Library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, grey top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copy complete with its glassine wrapper, dust jacket, soft slipcase and the booklet "genealogical tables of the principal families mentioned in the complete works of Machiavelli".