Apr 21, 2009 - Sale 2176

Sale 2176 - Lot 143

Price Realized: $ 330
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
[SARPI, PAOLO, formerly attributed to.] The Maxims of the Government of Venice. In an Advice to the Republick; How it ought to govern it self both inwardly and outwardly, in order to perpetuate its Dominion. [2], xxxvi, [12], 140, [4] pages, including 2 ad leaves at end. 8vo, modern 1/2 leatherette; contents clean. London: J. Morphew, 1707

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first edition of this translation. The Italian original was published in 1685, and the first of several English versions in 1689.