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BODIN, JEAN. De republica libri sex. [16], 1132, [64] pages (with numbering irregularities). 8vo, 166x101 mm, 17th-century brown morocco gilt-tooled to all-over pattern of repeated fleurs-de-lis with arms of Thomas II de Morand, Baron du Mesnil-Garnier (1584-1651, Olivier 2134/1), some wear to spine ends and cover edges; contents toned, marginal dampstaining toward end. Bookplates of Robert Hoe and Francis John Hughes. [Geneva]: Jacques Du Puys [i. e., Jacob Stoer], 1591
Later edition of the 1586 Latin translation by Bodin of his book on sovereignty, "in effect, the first modern attempt to create a complete system of political science"--Printing and the Mind of Man 94 (1576 original edition in French). GLN-3460 (this edition).
