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Machiavelli, Niccolò. Historiae florentinae. Libri octo.

With title vignette and portrait auf the author, both in woodcut. Title, 29, (1), 494 pp., 13 unn. leaves Index. 8vo. Contemp. vellum with ms. spine title. – Argentoratum (i. e. Strasbourg), Lazarus Zetzner, 1610.

First complete Latin translation. Initially published in 1537 in Italian, Machiavellis historical account was comissioned by Giulio de Medici and written between 1520 and 1526. The history starts with the founding of the city and ends with the Italian war of Charles VIII. – VD17 1:084539R; Graesse IV, 326. – (Together with:) Gentili, Scipione. De coniurationibus libri duo. Title, (14), 352 pp., 11 unn. leaves Index. Hanau, Wechel for Claudius Marinus and Johannes Aubrius heirs, 1602. Tract by italian lawyer and professor Scipione Gentili (1563–1616), dedicated to Henry IV of France. – VD17 12:114462F; Zedler Bd. X, 898. – Some browning in parts. Erased hist. ownership entry on title page. Numerous underlinings and some contemp. annotations. – Best.-Nr. 27333