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Machiavelli, Niccolò

All the Works...with a preface by Giuseppe Baretti, 1772

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Information

London, Davies, 1772. Large quartet, 295 x 235 mm. 3 volumes. Frontispiece with a fine copper-engraved portrait of Machiavelli, three folded plates in vol. II illustrating the Art of War, contemporary leather bindings, skillfully restored spines, abrasions on the covers. Ex libris Constitutional Club Library; Libreria Rappaport, Rome.

Specialist Notes

Esteemed edition, edited by the writer, literary critic and linguist Baretti (1718-89), who emigrated to London in 1751 where he lived for a long time and was highly appreciated in literary and artistic circles.
Brunet III, 1275: Bertelli, p. 170, no. 106; Gamba 628: "This edition is to be treasured..."

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Condition report

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