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Examen du Prince de Machiavel : avec des notes historiques & politiques ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection GC7 F9148 740e 1743
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
- Standardized Title:
- Anti-Machiavel
- Language:
- French
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
- Machiavelli, Niccolò.
- Military art and science--Early works to 1800.
- Military art and science.
- Political science--Early works to 1800.
- Political science.
- Political ethics.
- Penn Provenance:
- Ô Kelly, Peter (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, LX, 485 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 17 cm (12mo)
- Edition:
- Nouvelle édition / où l'on a mis au bas, par des renvois, en forme de notes, les diverses leçons de toutes les éditions précédentes, & enrichie de plusieurs pièces originales touchant l'impression de cetakan ouvrage.
- Fingerprint:
- naes m-t, .)e) dido (3) 1763 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- A La Haie : au dépens de la Compagnie, MDCCXLIII [1743]
- Notes:
- Signatures: pi² *-2*¹² 3*⁶ A-V⁸ X⁴ (last leaf blank).
- Ascribed to Frederick II, King of Prussia. Cf. BM.
- A French translation of Il principe by Amelot de La Houssaye is printed side by side with the "Examen" in parallel columns.
- Title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; factotum initials.
- Title printed in red and black.
- Half-title on first leaf.
- "Mémoire sur la vie et les ouvrages de Machiavel": p. [V]-XXII.
- Based on Voltaire's edition, originally published in London under title Anti-Machiavel in 1740, on Voltaire's annotated Leçons, and on Jean van Duren's Recueil of Voltaire's Letters, 1742. First published under current title in 1741, with half-title: L'Anti-Machiavel, ou Examen du Prince de Machiavel.
- Voltaire's preface, dated 12 Octobre 1740: p. [XXIV]-XXIX.
- With Amelot de la Houssaie's dedication and preface.
- "Ecrits concernant L'Anti-Machiavel", compiled by Jean van Duren, 1741: p. [391]-480, consisting of: Letters from Henri du Sauzet and Voltaire to Van Duren, extracts from the Nouvelle bibliotheque, the Bibliotheque raisonée, and Nouvelles privilégiées de Berlin, and notes on omissions and changes.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy bound in full brown leather; five raised bands on spine; five spine panels gold-tooled with arabesque designs; brief title stamped in gilt on a brown leather label in second spine panel; blind-tooled cover edges; marbled endpapers; all edges red.
- Culture Class Collection copy has an inscription on t.p. in brown ink that reads: "Pet. Ô Kelly 1752".
- Contains:
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe.
- OCLC:
- 23900380
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