BODIN, Jean. Les Six Livres de la République, Paris: Jacques du Puys, 1577, 2°, FIRST EDITION, second issue, ruled in red throughout, woodcut device to title, woodcut headpieces and initials (lacking the final blank, marginal stain to K4-5, marginal tear to Yy6, light browning), 19th-century mottled sheep, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering-piece (upper front joint cracked, scuffed), 2 unidentified 18th- and 19th-century armorial bookplates. [Adams B2234; Printing and the Mind of Man 94: "the first modern attempt to create a complete system of political science"]

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BODIN, Jean. Les Six Livres de la République, Paris: Jacques du Puys, 1577, 2°, FIRST EDITION, second issue, ruled in red throughout, woodcut device to title, woodcut headpieces and initials (lacking the final blank, marginal stain to K^4-5, marginal tear to Yy6, light browning), 19th-century mottled sheep, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering-piece (upper front joint cracked, scuffed), 2 unidentified 18th- and 19th-century armorial bookplates. [Adams B2234; Printing and the Mind of Man 94: "the first modern attempt to create a complete system of political science"]

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Bodin's work is based on the Politics of Aristotle; although Bodin approved of absolute monarchy, he demanded that it be controlled by constitutional laws. This copy has contemporary manuscript annotations.

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