[MACHIAVELLI.] Machiavel, Nicholas. The Art of War. In Seven Books. To which is Added, Hints Relative to Warfare, by a Gentleman of the State of New-York. 7 folding plates (closed tears). 8vo, contemporary 1/2 leather, front cover detached, rear cover cracked, spine degraded with red rot; first blank detached with ownership signature, contents foxed. first american edition. Ex-Jefferson Library with manuscript indication to title-page. The final section comprises Robert Fulton's "Hints Relative to Torpedo Warfare. " Copy worthy of conservation. Albany, NY: Henry C. Southwick, 1815