The discourses / Niccolò Machiavelli ; edited with an introduction by Bernard Crick ; using the translation of Leslie J. Walker, S. J., with revisions by Brian Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.

Contributor:

Crick, Bernard, 1929-2008.

Richardson, Brian.

Walker, Leslie J. (Leslie Joseph), 1877-1958.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Penguin classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Livy.

Political science--Early works to 1800.

Political science.

Genre:

Early works.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

543 pages, 1 unnumbered page : facsimile.

Manufacture:

Bungay, Suffolk : Made and printed by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd.)

Place of Publication:

[Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England] : Penguin Books, [1985]

Language Note:

Translation of: Discorsi sopra la prima deca de Tito Livio.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction by Bernard Crick: So many Machiavellis; The Prince and the Discourses; Republics as mixed government; The mixture as adaptability; The vlue of conflict; Factors of social class; The conditions for Republican rule; Theory and method; Politics and morality; The letter to Vettori

Suggestions for Further Reading

The Discourses of Niccolò Machiabelli: Book One. The development of Rome's Constitution; Book Two. The growth of Rome's empire; Book Three. The example of Rome's great men.

Notes:

"Published in Pelican Books 1970 ... Reissued in Penguin Classics 1983. Reprinted 1985."

"Set in Monotype Bembo."

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy is 1985 reprint.

Potok Collection copy has underlines and marginal marks

ISBN:

0140444289 :

OCLC:

638804739