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Descriptive Information

Title
A discovrse vpon the meanes of wel governing and maintaining in good peace, a kingdome, or other principalitie. Divided into three parts, namely, The Counsell, the Religion, and the Policie, vvhich a Prince ought to hold and follow. Against Nicholas Machiavel the Florentine. Translated into English by Simon Patericke.
Call Number
Lapidus 5.1950
7510.385
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcj6731f03f
Language
English
Date Created
1608
Extent
[20], 373, [3] pages ; 27 cm. (2⁰).
Provenance
Princeton copy 1 Armorial bookplate 'Wittersham House.'
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References
ESTC S121101
STC (2nd ed.) 11744
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
A translation of: Gentillet, Innocent. Discours, sur les moyens de bien gouverner et maintenir en bonne paix un royaume ou autre principauté.
A reply to: Machiavelli, Niccolò. Il principe.
Binding Note
Princeton copy 2 Title on spine: Discours of government against Machiauel.
Princeton copy 1 Contemporary blind paneled calf; rebacked.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
403

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e2f5d525-d8d3-49ae-8635-a70a3f2fd4ad/manifest