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The chief works, and others. Vol. 1 / Machiavelli ; translated by Allan Gilbert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Standardized Title:
- Selections. English. 1965
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Early works to 1800.
- Political science.
- Political ethics--Early works to 1800.
- Political ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (547 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From praise for the 1965 edition:Allan Gilbert is unquestionably the most accurate and reliable translator of Machiavelli into English; the publication of this edition is an altogether happy occasion. Students of the history of political thought owe a particular debt of gratitude to Allan Gilbert."-Dante Germino, The Journal of Politics"A most remarkable achievement."-Felix Gilbert, Renaissance Quarterly
- Contents:
- A provision for infantry (a selection)
- The prince
- A pastoral : the ideal ruler
- A discourse on remodeling the government of Florence
- Advice to Raffaello Girolami when he went as ambassador to the emperor
- The legations (parts of dispatches dealing with Cesare Borgia)
- On the method of dealing with the rebellious peoples of the Valdichiana (a selection)
- A description of the method used by Duke Valentino in killing Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, and others (at Sinigaglia)
- An exhortation to penitence
- Discourses on the first decade of Titus Livius.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786613062307
- 9781283062305
- 1283062305
- 9780822381570
- 0822381575
- OCLC:
- 191884721
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