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1550. In 4th. in 5 parts. Woodcut portrait of the Author on the title pages of vols. 1-4. Text in italics. It includes: [1]: Histories of Nicolo Machiavelli, Florentine citizen and secretary. To the most holy and most blessed father, our Lord Clement VII. Pont. 1550. The Magnificent Lorenzo di Piero de Medici. The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, to the Magnificent Lorenzo di Piero de Medici. The life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca. The method that Duke Valentino used to kill Vitellozzo Vitelli, […] The portraits of things from France and Germany. 1550. 3]: Speeches by Nicolo Machiavelli, Florentine citizen and secretary, over the first decade of T. Livio, to Zanobi Buondelmonti and Cosimo Rucellai. 1550.[4]: The ette books of the art of war, by Nicolo Machiavelli citydino et secretario fiorentino. 1550. ; [5]: The golden ass by Nicolo Machiavelli, a Florentine citizen and secretary, with all his other operettas: the contents of which you will find in the following paper. [1550]. Burnished copy with different intensity, on the title page lack of compensation without loss of text, full parchment binding of the century. XIX, on the back gusset with author and title in gold.
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Famous edition of Machiavelli's Works, called "della Testina" due to the woodcut portraits that appear on the title pages.
Lot not liable to return.
Lot not liable to return.
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