[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Montbeliard imprint of Machiavelli. 1588

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Machiavelli, Niccolo. DISPUTATIONUM DE REPUBLICA, Quae Discursus Nuncupavit, Libri III... Mompelgarti  (Montbeliard, France): Jacobum Folietum. 1588. 8vo. (16),654pp. Final blank lacking. Cont. vellum, later calf spine label. Minor worming at fore-margin of first few leaves. Some old text underlining.   $2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)

Scarce first edition of a Latin translation by J. N. Stupanus of Machiavelli's "Discorsi Sopra la Prima Deca di Tito Livio." The same printer in Montbeliard reprinted this work in 1591 and 1599. Bibliog. Machiavelliana #184. Not in Adams or BL French STC.
 

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