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Florence: G. Barbéra, 1916. First edition, first impression (in Italian). Octavo, two volumes. Original paper wrappers printed in black, partially unopened. Front joint of volume one repaired; closed tear to front wrapper of volume two, and repaired vertical split to book block of volume two; small library labels at head of each volume; some chipping to spines; a little light spotting internally. From the private library of economist Enrico Barone, with his stamp on front free endpaper of each volume. Very good.. First issue of Vilfredo Pareto's (1848-1923) foundational work of elite theory from the library of influential Italian economist Enrico Barone (1859-1924). Pareto was an Italian civil engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher who made numerous groundbreaking contributions to the developing fields of economics and sociology. Perhaps his best-known work, Trattato di Sociologia Generale was first published in Italy in 1916, and was later published in English by… Read More

Firenze: La Nuova Italia Editrice, 1949. First edition (in Italian). Octavo. Stapled wraps, 6.5 x 9.5 inches, 82 pp. Minor toning to edge of wrappers with edgewear to spine; bending to wrappers, else near-fine.. Early bibliography in Italian of the works of foundational elite theorist Gaetano Mosca (1858-1941). Mosca is today considered a founding father of the Italian school of elite theory together with Vilfredo Pareto and Robert Michels, and is perhaps best remembered for his Elementi di Scienza Politica (1896) (later translated into English and published as The Ruling Class in 1939). In the tradition of Machiavelli, Mosca endeavored to understand political power as it actually exists rather than as it ought to exist (or as we may desire for it to exist). As such, Mosca focused much of his scholarship on advancing scientific principles in opposition to metaphysical abstractions. In Elementi di Scienza Politica he advanced the doctrine of the "ruling class," asserting that all societies are, in… Read More