MACHIAVEL (Nicolas). Le Prince de Nicolas Machiavelli, secretaire & citoien de Florence. Translated & commented by A. N. AMELOT, Sieur de la Houssaie. Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1683. In-12 of [16] ff. (including the engraved portrait on the verso of the faux-titre opposite the title), 229 pp. Brown basane, spine ribbed, title page (modern binding). First edition of this translation by Amelot de la Houssaye (1634-1706), then embassy secretary in Venice; Voltaire had it studied and commented on by Christine of Sweden and Frederick of Prussia.

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