The Prince

by Niccolo Machiavelli, . Scott Byerley, ohn

$4,500 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1810. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xcv, 1 , 211, 1 ad pages. Machiavelli’s masterpiece on gaining, wielding, and retaining political power, written in the form of a realistic instruction manual for rulers. It has provoked controversy from its inception, admired by some for its grasp of human nature and condemned by others for its

• Binding: Hardcover

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