{"product_id":"niccolo-machiavelli-works-london-1680-124521","title":"The Works","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003econtemporary blind-ruled calf\u003c\/h4\u003eThe collected works of the Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) in English, following the translation of the republican politician Henry Neville (1620-1694). A handsome example in contemporary blind-ruled calf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding his major titles \u003cem\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e History of Florence\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDiscourses on Livy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/em\u003e, together with his lesser known \u003cem\u003eLife of Castruccio Castricani of Lucca, \u003c\/em\u003enovella\u003cem\u003e Marriage of Belphegor\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand the spurious letter to Zenobius Buondelmontius dated a decade after Machiavelli's death in which he defends himself from the worst imputations against him. From 'an early date Neville was thought to be the author of this letter, although it may have been an earlier forgery brought back, as the preface claims, from his visit to Italy in the 1640s' (ODNB).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith provenance firstly for the English politician Francis Fulford (1666-1700), Member of Parliament for Callington in Cornwall, bearing his bookplate to the front pastedown, and secondly for the physicist Edward Neville da Costa Andrade (1887-1971).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecond edition; folio (32.5 x 21.5 cm); divisional titles, the preface and Letter to Zanobius bound at rear, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, bookplate to front free endpaper recto, old library annotations in pen to front free endpaper, minor dampstaining to gutter margin of title and prelims, small tear with slight loss to margin not affecting text of 3P4, closed tear to margin of 3S1 repaired with archival tape, occasional light toning; contemporary blind-ruled calf, re-backed preserving original gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to second compartment, sprinkled edges, a little abraded, very good; [24], 177, 188-189, [5], 199-'256' [i.e. 263], 266-267, [5], 267-314, 317-431, [5], 433-528, [16]pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eESTC R13145; Wing M129.","brand":"MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò; NEVILLE, Henry (translator).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57636624630135,"sku":"124521","price":6822.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/124521_01.jpg?v=1792774728","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/niccolo-machiavelli-works-london-1680-124521","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}