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Studies on Machiavelli (Biblioteca Storica Sansoni series)
by Various authors; edited by Myron P. Gilmore; Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1547)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Firenze: G.C. Sansoni, (1972.) 1st edition in a custom binding. Scholarly papers presented at Villa I Tatti in Florence in 1969 to mark the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli's birth. Text is in English, Italian, and French. In five sections: Introductory Papers; Interpretations; Machiavelli and his Contemporaries; Sources and Problems; and Comment and Discussion. Titles include Machiavelli and the World of Florentine Politics, the Originality of Machiavelli, and Machiavelli and Savonarola. See images for the contents page. xi, 415, (1) pp., with b&w plates, index of names. 8vo. Issued in paperbound format, but this copy has been handsomely rebound in one-quarter cloth and paper boards with a Florentine design. Leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Original paper wraps bound in. Bumped corners but VG or better overall. Clean and securely bound with a clear archival jacket. Bookplate of Samuel J. Hough, late Rhode Island bookseller and author of Italians and the Creation of America: An Exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library (1980.)
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047895
- Title
- Studies on Machiavelli (Biblioteca Storica Sansoni series)
- Author
- Various authors; edited by Myron P. Gilmore; Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1547)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G.C. Sansoni
- Place of Publication
- Florence, Italy
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine binding; Leather Bindings;
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