BOTERO, Giovanni (1540-1617). Della Ragion di Stato, Libri dieci, Ferrara: appresso Vittorio Baldini, 1590, 8°, third edition, woodcut vignette to title and colophon, headpieces (lower corner of three leaves torn away, wormhole to margin of colophon, margins of first and last few leaves brittle, some underlining and old annotions in ink to a few text leaves, some dampstaining, a few marginal tears), modern half calf and marbled boards. [Goldsmiths' 252]

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BOTERO, Giovanni (1540-1617). Della Ragion di Stato, Libri dieci, Ferrara: appresso Vittorio Baldini, 1590, 8°, third edition, woodcut vignette to title and colophon, headpieces (lower corner of three leaves torn away, wormhole to margin of colophon, margins of first and last few leaves brittle, some underlining and old annotions in ink to a few text leaves, some dampstaining, a few marginal tears), modern half calf and marbled boards. [Goldsmiths' 252]

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Regarded as a significant anticipation of the Malthusian principle of population.