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Federico II di Prussia,

Examen du Prince de Machiavel avec des notes historiques et politiques, 1759

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€ 100 - 200

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€ 181

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Information

Geneve, Gosse, 1759. In 8°, engraved vignette on the title page, pp. XX-335-(1). Coeval full Bazzana leather binding, cords, title and decorations in gold on the spine, colored edges.

Specialist Notes

Title of the pamphlet "L'Antimachievel examen du Prince de Machiavel". Rare edition of this work edited by Voltaire (whose name does not appear) of the most famous document of eighteenth-century anti-Macchiavellianism, printed anonymously but due to the pen of Frederick II of Prussia. The text is in two columns; on one is the French version of Macchiavelli's text, on the other the refutatory commentary of Frederick II.