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Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527) Machiavels Discourses. Upon the First Decade of T. Livius.
London: Printed by Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel Pakeman, 1636.
First edition in English, translated by Edward Dacres; 12mo, lacking first & last blanks; imprimatur on leaf (a)10 recto; B1 canceled & removed [corrected text printed on (a)11 & (a)12 as originally issued by the printer, nothing lacking]; bound in later full leather, period style, front joint cracked, rubbed; some toning to contents, with occasional spotting perhaps from iron content in the paper; ink smear on page 551; 5 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.
Drawing from the work of Roman historian Titus Livius, Machiavelli formulates an analysis of the democratic power structure of the ancient Republic. These historical observations inform his contemporary take on government and power which he continues to expand in The Prince.
