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MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo (1469-1527). Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio. Venice: Aldus, 1540.
8° (147 x 92mm). Aldine device on title and final leaf, large Durat armorial device on verso of title. Modern blue morocco gilt, gilt spine, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Bishop of Arras, created Cardinal in 1561 (1517-86; armorial stamp on title verso); Frank Grant (large booklabel).
A fine copy of the first Aldine edition of this work. The treatise was first published in Rome by Antonio Blado in 1531 and in Venice by Melchiorre Sessa in 1537. Ahmanson-Murphy 292; Adams M-14.
8° (147 x 92mm). Aldine device on title and final leaf, large Durat armorial device on verso of title. Modern blue morocco gilt, gilt spine, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Bishop of Arras, created Cardinal in 1561 (1517-86; armorial stamp on title verso); Frank Grant (large booklabel).
A fine copy of the first Aldine edition of this work. The treatise was first published in Rome by Antonio Blado in 1531 and in Venice by Melchiorre Sessa in 1537. Ahmanson-Murphy 292; Adams M-14.
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