Commentariorum de regno aut quovis principatu recte et tranquille administrando. Libri tres. In quibus ordine agitur de concilio, religione et politia, quas princeps quilibet in ditione sua tueri & observare debet. Adversus Nicol. Machiavellum Florentinum.

(GENTILLET, Innocent.)

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Strasbourg, Lazari Zetzneri, 1630. 12:o. (24),+ 715,+ (22) s. Some small stains. Underlinings on p. 148. Misprint with small loss of text on pp. 227-30. Recurring dampstains in the margins. Small hole in p. 689. Contemporary vellum. Number on spine. Signature of Gabriel Gr˙ß on title page and the dating ?Amstelodami 8 junij 1641.? in ink. Endpapers with tears, probably caused by attempts to identify the older vellum manuscript in the spine of the binding. With the bookplate of Nils Fries and his purchase notation on the rear paste-down. VD17 23:285866N. A later latin edition of ?The Anti-Machiavelli? The French original ?Discours sur les moyens de bien gouverner? was published in 1576 and the first latin edition in 1577. A German translation in 1580. Innocent Gentillet (1532?88) was a French jurist and lawyer in Toulouse. He was exiled because of his anti-catholic views (Jöcher II, 932).

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• Title: Commentariorum de regno aut quovis principatu recte et tranquille administrando. Libri tres. In quibus ordine agitur de concilio, religione et politia, quas princeps quilibet in ditione sua tueri & observare debet. Adversus Nicol. Machiavellum Florentinum.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback