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BODIN, JEAN. Les Six Livres de la République. [8], 519, 592-797, [54] pages. Folio, 327x216 mm, later 18th-century 1/2 sheep gilt, worn, bottom portion of spine missing; light dampstaining in upper and lower inner corners through most of volume, soiling and old inscriptions on title, 2F1.6 browned. Paris: Jacques du Puys, 1577
Second edition of Bodin's treatise 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). Tchemerzine I, 706 note (this edition).
