05-31-201405-31-2014
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May 31, 2014 11:00 AMCalender
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Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527) Works

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$492$400
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2730BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 31, 2014 11:00AM

Description:

Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527) Works. London: for Starkey, Harper, and Amery, 1680
Folio, lacking the general title; 528 pages, translated by Henry Neville; first and last few leaves with stains, tears, bottom margin of last two leaves trimmed away and crudely repaired, bound in later sheepskin, peeling, sewing structure broken in the center, browning, staining and marginalia in the text, preliminary leaves detached, binding becoming detached, joints split, corners rubbed, 12 x 7 1/4 in.
Estimate $400-600

[pi]2, Aa3, (prelims as follows: General Table of Contents; Title to the History of Florence, Epistle to Clement VII [3 pages], Author's Introduction [3 pages]),b-d2, B-Z4, Aa-Bb2, Cc-Kk4, Ll2, Mm2, Nn-Zz4, Aaa-Iii4, Kkk2, [second] Kkk2, Lll-Yyy4. 528 pages.


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Keywords

London, Starkey, Henry Neville, Clement VII