‎Le Prince - L'Art de la Guerre‎

‎Paris Flammarion 2008 in-16° Collection " Le Monde de la Philosophie " Tome 12 de la collection . Traduction , notes et bibliographie par Yves Levy - Traduction par Toussaint Guiraudet . Notes , bibliographie et chronologie par Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. et Monisue Labrune . Imprimé sur papier bien blanc . Présentation soignée et signet . Sous emboîtage . ( Commandes multiples pour un seul frais de port compté ) . Politique- 418 p. , 450 gr.‎

‎Couverture rigide Comme neuf Sous Emboitage 1ère Édition‎

‎"LE PRINCE, L'ART DE LA GUERRE - COLLECTION ""LE MONDE DE LA PHILOSOPHIE"" N°12."‎

‎FLAMMARION. 2008. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. XXI+413 pages. Emboitage cartonné souple en noir et blanc en bon état. Un signet.. . Sous Emboitage. . Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎PRESENTATION PAR ROGER-POL DROIT. TRADUCTIONS, NOTES ET BIBLIOGAPHIES PAR YVES LEVY, TOUSSAINT GUIRAUDET ET HARVEY C. MANSFIELD. Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎Le Prince - L'art de la guerre - Collection le monde de la philosophie n°12.‎

‎Flammarion. 2008. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. XXI + 413 pages - signet conservé - sous emboîtage en bon état.. . Sous Emboitage. . Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎Collection le monde de la philosophie n°12. Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎"Le Prince; L'art de la guerre. Collection : Les grands philosophes, N° 12."‎

‎Paris, Flammarion, 2008. 12 x 18, 415 pp., reliure d'édition carton imprimé, sous étui carton blanc illustré, état neuf.‎

‎"1. Traduction notes et bibliographie par Yves Lévy; 2. Traduction par Toussaint Guiraudet; notes bibliographie et chronologie par Harvey C. Mansfield Jr."‎

‎LE PRINCE SUIVI DU TRAITE DES CONSPIRATIONS ET DU REGICIDE.‎

‎BORNEO. NON DATE. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 189 pages augmentées de quelques illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES‎

‎L e Prince. Traduction de Guiraudet revue et corrigée suivi de l'Anti-Machiavel de Frédéric II avec toutes les corrections de Voltaire. Introduction et notes par Raymond Naves‎

‎ ,Paris, Garnier Frères 1957, 275 pp., 1 vol. in 12 br. avec jaquette‎

‎Portrait de la France, Portrait de l’Allemagne.‎

‎ Porrentruy, Portes de France 1944, 185x128mm, 50pages, relié pleine toile écrue, pièce de titre en cuir au dos, couverture conservée, 1 des 100 exemplaires sur papier vélin naturel à la cuve, numéroté 83/100. Très bel exemplaire.‎

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‎Machiavel, toutes les lettres officielles et familières : celles de ses Seigneurs, de ses amis et des siens. Collection : Mémoires du passé pour servir au temps présent.‎

‎Paris, Gallimard, 1955. 14 x 23, 627 pp., broché, non coupé, bon état (couverture défraîchie).‎

‎Préface de Jean Giono: présentées et annotées par Edmond Barincou.‎

‎Essai sur les oeuvres et la doctrine de Machiavel, avec la traduction littérale du Prince et de quelques fragments historiques et littéraires.‎

‎ P., Reinwald, 1867, in-8°, (6)-517 pp, reliure demi-percaline rouge époque, dos lisse orné d'un fleuron et d'un double filet doré en queue, pièce de titre basane havane, couv. conservées (rel. de l'époque), bon état, envoi a.s. (nom du destinataire gratté)‎

‎Edition originale de cette traduction et de cette importante étude sur Machiavel. Désormais les frais d'envoi sont de 6 € seulement pour les livres jusqu'à 1 kg (colissimo suivi), pour la France métropolitaine.‎

‎Le Prince suivi de L'anti-Machiavel de Frédéric II,‎

‎Garnier Frères, édition illustrée, introduction et notes par Raymond Naves, 1960, 274 pp., relié, quelques passages signalés au crayon, état très correct.‎

‎Machiavels Prins, med Undersökningen deraf. Öfversatt ifrån Hufvudspråken. - [THE FIRST SCANDINAVIAN EDITION OF ""THE PRINCE"" - POSSIBLY THE RAREST MACHIAVELLI-TRANSLATION]‎

‎Stockholm, Grefing, 1757. Small 8vo. In the original blank wrappers. Dampstain to upper part of spine and upper part of back wrapper, affecting last blank leaf. Old owner's name to title-page. First blank leaf with comments in recent hand in pencil. From the library of Swedish crime author Henning Mankell. Text printed in two columns. Title-page with lovely engraved vignette, depicting a putti with a spyglass (symbolising the Enlightenment) and lovely woodcut vignettes. Untouched and unrestored in completely original condition. A magnificent copy. (16), 256 pp.‎

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‎Exceedingly scarce first edition of the first Scandinavian translation of Machiavelli's ""Il Principe"", namely the first Swedish translation. Through its Scandinavian translation, the work came to have an immense impact on Scandinavian politics and philosophy and was considered a breakthrough work of political thought, albeit highly controversial and not at all acceptable at the time. Even though antedating some other European versions by more than two centuries, the first translation into a Nordic language came to signify substantial changes in the political climate of the Nordic countries and sparked a debate that was to last another century, until Machavelli was finally accepted in the North. """"The Prince"" was not to be translated in Scandinavia until more than two centuries later, partly because in the meantime it could be read in Latin - in the versions of Tegli, Conring and Langenhert - and later in French, but also because at that time a work which established, among other things, the superiority of the Reason of State to moral values was unacceptable, at least formally. The first translation of ""The Prince"" into a Nordic language is by Carl von Klingenberg, together with the translation of ""The Anti-Machiavel"" by Frederick II of Prussia (""Machiavels Prins, med Undersökningen deraf. Öfversatt ifrån Hufvudspråken"", Grefing 1757).Klingenberg's work, however, remained an isolated fact for more than a century. Actually ""The Prince"" as a separate work, was translated only in 1867 by Rudolf August Helfrid Afzelius…"" by that time the debate over Machiavelli had been settled, and the value of ""The Prince"" finally Acknowledged... The first Danish translation of the whole work dates back to only 1876...Therefore the first Scandinavian translation of ""The Prince"" was completed in Sweden around the middle of the eighteenth century, during the ""frihetstid"" (The ""Age of Liberty"", 1721-72), a period full of political, social and cultural turmoil: These are the years of the making of a political conscience and of the spread of new political theories, of the development of rhetoric, of the foundation of reviews and literary associations, as well as of scientific and cultural academies"" these years marked a new openness to foreign cultures and the diffusion of Enlightenment ideas. The ""Age of Liberty"" is also a period full of political and cultural conflicts and uncertainty."" (Roberto de Pol, pp. 248-250). ""The Prince"" constitutes the beginning of modern political philosophy and one of the most influential works in the history of modern thought. It founded the science of modern politics on the study of mankind, and even today no political thinker can disregard the importance of this masterpiece of political theory. For more information about the first Scandinavian translation and about the translator, see: Roberto de Pol: The First Translations of Machiavelli's ""Prince"", pp. (247-278). The work is of the utmost scarcity and we have been able to locate no more than three copies of it world-wide: 1: National Library of Sweden" 2: National Library of Denmark 3: Brown University (the Machiavelli Collection). This makes it one if the very scarcest Machiavelli-translations in the world.‎

‎Le problème Machiavel. Science de l'homme, conscience de l'Europe.‎

‎Paris Cahiers de l'Hôtel de Galliffet, nouvelle série 2014 1 vol. broché in-8, broché, couv. illustrée à rabats, 220 pp. Cahiers de l'Hôtel de Galliffet, nouvelle série n° 4 : actes du colloque de Paris, octobre 2013. Textes réunis et présentés par Giulio de Ligio. Excellent état.‎

‎Fyrsten. Oversat fra Italiensk ved J.C. Barth. Med en indledende Afhandling af Macaulay. - [FIRST DANISH TRANSLATION OF MACHIAVELLI'S ""THE PRINCE""]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Høst & Søn, 1876. 8vo. Nice contemporary half leather binding - originally green leather, but spine and corners evenly faded into brown, leaving only traces of the green colour to the leather parts of the boards. Three raised bands with ornametal gilding and gilt title to spine. An excellent, clean, fresh, and almost spotless copy. (8), 142, (4) pp.‎

‎Scarce first edition of the first Danish translation of Machiavelli's monumental ""The Prince"". ""The publication of ""The Prince"" by Machiavelli had immense and widespread effect throughout Europe and it soon reached the distant Scandinavia, where the work was probably circulating form the first decades of the sixteenth century... ""The Prince was not to be translated in Scandinavia until more than two centuries later, partly because in the meantime it could be read in Latin..., but also because at that time a work which established, among other things, the superiority of the Reason State to moral values was unacceptable, at least formally."" (de Pol, pp. 248-49). The first Scandinavian translation of the work is the now exceedingly scarce first Swedish translation by Klingenberg from 1757. ""Klingenberg's work, however, remained an isolated facxt for more than a century. Actually ""The Prince"", as a separate work, was translated [into Swedish] only in 1867... By that time the debate over Machiavelli had been settled, and the value of ""The Prince"" finally acknowledged... The explicit revaluation of ""The Prince"" in Scandinavia had already taken place during the Romantic Age, thanks to the Danish historian Caspar Peter Paludan-Müller (1805-1882), and particularly to his essay ""Undersögelse om Machiavelli som Skribent, især med Hensyn til Bogen om Fyrsten. Et Forsøg i den høiere historiske Kritik."" The first Danish translation of the whole work dates back to only 1876 (""Fyrsten. Oversat fra Italiensk ved J.C. Barth. Med en indledende Afhandling af Macaulay"" - also important because in the volume it is preceded by a renowned essay 1827 by the English historian Thomas Macauley, from whom, possibly, Paludan-Müller himself partly drew his inspiration."" (de Pol, p. 249). In the preface to this first Danish translation, the translator J. C. Barth thanks Casper Paludan-Müller (the author of the first and most significant work about Machiavelli Danish, 1824) for having put at his disposition the explanatory notes that follow the translation. Roberto de Pol: The First Translations of Machiavelli's Prince, 2010). ‎

‎Histoire de Florence. Traduction nouvelle. 2 vols.‎

‎Amsterdam, Henri Desbordes, 1694. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Edges of boards gilt. Small paper label pasted on to upper compartment of spines. A very nice set. (34), 588 pp. 624 pp.‎

‎A fine late 17th century-edition of Machiavelli's Florentine Histories" his famous account of the political events and power struggles in Florence during the Renaissance. Essentially being a panegyric to the house of Medici, Machiavelli's work offers valuable insights into the rise and fall of political factions, the challenges faced by republican governments, and the dynamics of power in a city-state. Although often overshadowed by his more famous 'The Prince', the present work is important in understanding Machiavelli's broader political philosophy and is an indispensable document in understanding renaissance politics in general. The Histories constitute an essential work for understanding the political development of the late Machiavelli, and is “also an important item in modern historiography because for the first time the issue of conflict, and more precisely of urban conflict, finds itself at the heart of historical narrative (…).Infact, the Histories constitute the first attempt in modern historiography to analyze the totality of individual and collective agents and factors that allow a community to sustain itself or to founder. This analytical quality was certainly at the basis of the interest in the work outside Florence and the fact of its being translated. As Yves de Brinon explains in dedicating his ‘Histoire Florentine [the present work] to Cathrine de Medici, the case of Florence is a model for the dangers that threaten the integrity of every state and the Kingdom of France in Particular.” (Landi, A re-reading of Machiavelli). Machiavelli visited France, representing the Republic of Florence, where he - and later his writings - exercised great influence. The Huguenot, Innocent Gentillet, whose work commonly referred to as 'Discourse against Machiavelli' or 'Anti Machiavel', accused Machiavelli of being an atheist and accused politicians of his time by saying that his works were the ""Koran of the courtiers"", that ""he is of no reputation in the court of France which hath not Machiavel's writings at the fingers ends"" (Birely, The Counter Reformation, 1990). “Although Machiavelli became the embodiment of a real ""devil theory of history,"" there was nothing supernatural or even suspicious about his journey across the Alps. As the French translator remarked to his customers in 1544, ""This Florentine merchant has voluntarily left his own country to be received into yours.... Do not be so ungracious as to refuse him citizenship. From all appearances he was welcomed with open arms, or at least open minds. Within a few years, one of his admirers declared that he was a prophet honored more in France than in his own country."" (Kelley, Murd'rous Machiavel in France: A Post Mortem). Following the crisis of 1513, which involved arrests for conspiracy and torture, Machiavelli's relationship with the Medici family gradually improved. Despite the dedication of his book ""Il Principe"" to Lorenzo II de' Medici having little effect, Machiavelli found favor with a faction in Florence that was not opposed to him and was granted an appointment. In a letter Machiavelli expressed his dissatisfaction with his idle state and offered his valuable political experience to the new ruler. To further solidify his position, Machiavelli, adopting a somewhat courtier-like attitude, arranged for the staging of his play ""Mandragola"" at the wedding of Lorenzino de' Medici in 1518. In 1520, he received an invitation to Lucca for a semi-private mission, indicating that his ostracism was coming to an end. Later that year, Giulio Cardinal de Medici commissioned him to write a history of Florence. Although this was not exactly the role he desired, Machiavelli accepted it as the only way to regain the favor of the Medicis. The purpose of the work, although unofficial, was to restore the city's official historical standing. The salary for this appointment was not substantial, starting at 57 florins per year and later increased to 100. In May 1526, Machiavelli formally presented the finished work to Giulio de' Medici, who had become Pope Clement VII. The Pope appreciated the work and rewarded Machiavelli, though only moderately, and sought his support in creating a national army based on his theoretical work ""The Art of War,"" in preparation for the War of the League of Cognac. However, Machiavelli's hopes were shattered following the Sack of Rome in 1527 and the fall of the Medici government in Florence. Soon after, Machiavelli passed away. ‎

‎Le Prince. Traduit d'Italien en Francoys Par Guillaume Cappel. - [THE BIRTH OF MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT]‎

‎Paris, Charles Estienne, 1553. Small 4to. Bound in a lovely 19th century red morocco binding with five raised bands and gilt ornamentations to spine. Boards with blindstamped frame-borders and gilt ornamental centre-pieces. All edges of boards gilt and inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. ""E. THOMAS"" discreetly printed to top of front free end-paper. Front free end-paper with woodcut armorial book-plate (Bibliotheque du Plessis Villoutreys). First and last leaves with a bit of brownspotting, otherwise very nice and clean throughout. The last three leaves with neat restorations - neatly closed tear, with no loss and a couple of small restorations to top margin (far from affecting text). (8), 148 pp. Estienne's printer's device to title-page and woodcut initials.‎

‎The extremely rare first translation printed in any language, being the first printed French translation, of one of the most important and influential works in the history of mankind, Machiavelli's ""The Prince"". After the original printing in Italian, the present is arguably the most desirable edition of the seminal masterpiece that is Machiavelli's magnum opus. ""The Prince"" constitutes the beginning of modern political philosophy and one of the most influential works in the history of modern thought. It founded the science of modern politics on the study of mankind, and even today no political thinker can disregard the importance of this masterpiece of political theory.The translation not only inaugurated the tradition of translating ""The Prince"" into other languages than Italian, it also exercised the greatest influence upon the entire Machiavellian tradition and constitutes an immeasurable historical source in its own right. Although the work was never reprinted and this extremely scarce edition is the only available version of the text, the effects of it are still clearly visible in our times. It secured the diffusion of the text throughout Europe and it served as the basis for the most important of the later translations, e.g. Jacques Gohory's from 1571, which is considered not much more than a slight reworking of Cappel's translation. As Jean Bingen points to, Cappel's translation also directly influenced (and influences) almost all modern translations of the work. The reason for this continued direct and strong influence is of course not only due to its priority in time over all other translations, it is also due to the fact that Cappel's translation always has been and still is considered the most ""Machiavellian"" translation of ""The Prince"" ever made and the one closest to the source - both in time, in style, and in rendering of the content. Cappel was the only of the early translators who was himself a Machiavellian and his respect for and understanding of the text shines from the pages. ""Besides being a politically charged text, the ""Principe"" was also a piece of beautiful and clear Italian prose, and its tightness and brevity constituted a decisive advantage over the ""Discorsi"". An awareness of the literary qualities of the text is also evident in the preface Guillaume Cappel wrote to his translation (dedicated to Jean Bertrand, Lord Privy Seal), in which he underlines Machiavelli's use of an appropriate style and the good use to which he puts his knowledge of history... These qualities prompted Cappel to undertake his translation...Cappel's enterprise was praised for his literary qualities by the members of the Pléiade who had their own poems inserted at the end of the translation. More recently, his version had been justly praised as ""very literal and sinewy"". It has also been noted, however, that it was not reprinted, thought Jacques Gohery's version, published 1571, followed it ""almost verbatim""."" (Petrina, Machiavelli in the British Isles, p. 12). ""Guillaume Cappel II, sieur de Preigny (1530-86), was widely known in medicine for his work on nutrition and his editing of texts on how to avoid the plague and on general medical diagnosis. A member of the Catholic League, he was determined not only to bring up his brother's children in the Catholic faith but also to exploit Tilloy to his own profit. However, in 1586 he was killed in an affray with the enemies of the League... Family divisions of the kind that occurred at Le Tilloy were customary during the religious wars, but it is not because of his part in them, nor even because of his Catholic enthusiasm and his medical reputation, that Guillaume Cappel deserves attention. In 1553, at the age of twenty-three, he published a French translation of Machiavelli's ""Prince"", dedicating it to a powerful patron, the ""Garde des sceaux"" Jean Bertrand. Appended to the book were poems praising Mchiavelli, and Cappel as his French interpreter, by Marc-Antoine Muret and Rémy Belleau, and other verses about the relative merits of French and Italian princes by Etienne Jodelle. Guillaume Cappel clearly mixed in the foremost literary circles of the time. He claimed to be a student of politics, as well as of medicine and letters, and in his dedication to Bertrand, which he modelled on Machiavelli's own prefatory letter to Lorenzo de' Medici, he expressed an admiration for Machiavelli that knew no bounds. Politics, he remarked, constituted the highest branch of philosophy, itself the queen of the ""sciences"". Other political writers were sophists producing utopias, but Machiavelli wrote of government as it really was. Cappel went on to argue in his preface that men were more ungrateful towrads their ruler than any animal towrads its master. The exercise of power was shaped by necessity, not by virtuous intentions, and only those who understood this could govern successfully. For his part, the ruler necessarily pursued two aims, to keep his authority intact and to extend his dominions. According to Cappel, Machiavelli had boldly analysed the faults committed by princes in the pst, had shown how problems could be dealt with in the future, and had brilliantly explained the causes of political upheavals.Guillaume Cappel's translation of ""The Prince"" was the first of three to be published in France before the massacre of St. Bartholomew, when the black legend of Machiavelli became dominant... Guillaume Cappel was not only the first translator of ""The Prince"" but also the one most in sympathy with Machiavelli himself. He scornfully refuted those who accused his author ""de facooner un prince trop rigoreux."" A good doctor, said Cappel in his dedication, did not worry whether his patient disliked the remedy he prescribed, but merely whether the cure would work. Cappel refused to take up the rumor whether Machiavelli was an atheist, because, he claimed, there was nothing he had written that could support or deny the charge... Cappel's translation was sharper, and truer to the original than Gaspard d'Auvergne's or Gohory's.... The young Guillaume Cappel was, at this time at least, a true Machiavellian."" (McMillan Salmo, Renaissance and Revolt, pp. 62-63). The work is of the utmost scarcity, with only few copies known. According to the ""Catalogue général"" of the Bibliothèque National, at least thirty-five editions of three French translations of ""The Prince"" appeared between 1553 and 1664. ""The doctor Guillaume Cappel is credited with the first French translation of ""The Prince"" (1553), followed by Gaspard d'Auvergne (1553) and Jacques Gohory (1571)."" (Jacob Soll, Publishing The Prince, p.73).(See PMM 63 - first edition). ‎

‎Opere di Niccolò Machiavelli cittadino e segretario fiorentino (10 Volumi) Volumi I-III : Istorie di Niccolo Machiavelli (Istorie Fiorentine) ; Volumi IV-X : Opere di Niccolò Machiavelli (IV e V : Opere ; VI : Prose ; VII : Poesie ; VIII, IX, X : Legazioni)‎

‎10 vol. in-8 reliure demi-chagrin rouge, dos à 4 nerfs, Per Niccolo Conti, Firenze, 1818 - 1821, ‎

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‎Completo del ritratto di Machiavelli inciso in rame all'antiporta e della pagina raffigurante una lira nel primo volume, della tavola calcografica nel quinto volume ("Figura dell'Allogiamento") e del facsimile all'antiporta del decimo volume. Bon état (petits frott. en reliures, épidermures au mors du tome 2, bonne fraîcheur intérieure). Voir également, dans notre catalogue, la traduction française et complétée, en reliure identique.‎

‎Prince (Książę)‎

‎Nowela 2026 120 pages 12 8x20x1cm. 2026. Broché. 120 pages.‎

‎Bon état‎

‎Niccolò Machiavelli und das System der modernen Politik. Dritte, neu bearb. Ausg.‎

‎Berlin, Otto Janke, 1861. Cont. full calf, gilt back, gilt line-decoration on covers. Upper part of spine lacks 1 1/2 cm of leather. (6),318 pp.‎

‎Le Prince‎

‎Paris, Jean de Bonnot 1971 [512] pp., avec illustrations en n/bl, 21cm., jolie reliure d'éditeur plein-cuir brun (titre et décorations dorées au dos, plats estampés à froid), feuilles de garde décorées (fond bleu uni, motifs poudrés à l'or), avec signet, texte et intérieur sont frais, imprimé sur papier chiffon vergé, avec ex-libris héraldique, Ouvrage de collection édité pour la première fois 'à la Florentine': le texte imprimé uniquement en bonne page (de droite) porte 'en pendant' le lys de Florence, très bon état, G115822‎

‎Discours sur l'estat de paix & de Guerre. Suivi de : Le Prince. ‎

‎Paris Martin Gobert 1613-1614 Deux tomes en un volume in-12 plein veau brun, dos lisse, double filet doré en encadrement sur le dos et les plats, titre doré, [bl.], titre, [3] ff., 261 ff. et [6] ff. de table, puis [bl.], titre, [2] ff., 79 ff. numérotés de 9 à 85 (bien complet néanmoins d'après la signature des cahiers), [1] f., [2] ff. blancs. Bel ex-libris de la Bibliothèque du Vicomte et de la Vicomtesse de Fontenay. Tête arasée, épidermures, réparations de papier à la première page de titre et au feuillet 53 de l'Estat de paix, mouillure en marge sur quelques feuillets, néanmoins bon état. ‎

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‎Machiavel, par Marcel Brion, suivi de : Œuvres de Nicolas Machiavel.‎

‎ Club des Éditeurs, 1957, fort in-8°, 431-80-xxxvii pp, 29 pl. de gravures hors texte, biblio, tirage numéroté sur papier pur alfa d'Avignon, reliure toile noire de l'éditeur avec un buste de Machiavel en vignette au 1er plat, dos lisse avec titres dorés, bon état (Coll. Hommes et faits de l'histoire)‎

‎Une longue étude sur Machiavel par Marcel Brion (431 pp), suivi des Œuvres de Machiavel (80 pp) et de Textes annexes dont un glossaire, un index historique et un index biographique. — "Homme de la plèbe, fils de la democratique Florence, le florentin Niccolo Macchiavelli était appelé par ses hautes et rares qualités aux postes de commande de l'Etat, mais ses chefs qui surent l'utiliser, ne lui permirent jamais de sortir ostensiblement du rang. C'est l'histoire de son génie et de sa destinée que vient de nous livrer Marcel Brion. Au lieu de faire une étude de l'œuvre théorique du Florentin, M. Brion nous fait entrer de plain pied dans l'histoire de cette Italie du XVe siècle finissant et nous en livre l'âme. Querelles des principautés, rivalités des fonctions, puissances d'argent qui tenaient la dragée haute par leur morgue insolente, conspirations, assassinats au grand jour ou attentats habilement dissimulés, guerres, razzias et famines, négociations interminables où les deux parties jouaient au plus fin, n'ayant l'air de céder sur un point que pour en exiger davantage sur un autre : voici le milieu où vivait Macchiavel, milieu d'hommes avides de sensations comme de pouvoir, temps des grands érudits comme Pic de la Mirandole et Léonard de Vinci qui savaient tout ce qu'un homme pouvait savoir alors, et des grands condottieri, Sforza, Gattamelata, Colleone, Malatesta et les Vietili. (...) M .Brion a le mérite d'avoir tracé le véritable portrait de Machiavel, bien différent de la figure traditionnelle que les dramaturges élizabéthains ont contribué à propager. Il faut avoir lu l'ouvrage de Marcel Brion pour avoir l'intelligence de l'œuvre du grand Florentin qui puisa sa sagesse, non dans la réflexion bornée du théoricien en chambre, mais dans la connaissance profonde de l'éternel humain." (M. D. Husni, Les Études philosophiques, 1949) — "Un livre remarquable sur Machiavel. M. Marcel Brion est attiré par les grandes figures de l'Histoire : Bayard ou Blanche de Castille, Charles le Téméraire ou Savonarole, et dans des livres écrits d'une plume élégante, où le récit est toujours d'une scrupuleuse exactitude, il les ressuscite au milieu de leur époque. Les chapitres sont vivants, les événements retracés avec leur couleur et leur pathétique, l'atmosphère du temps parfaitement rendue ; les personnages se meuvent avec un fort relief, et l'auteur, pour animer ses pages, n'a jamais recours à des procédés artificiels : il se contente de savoir raconter et peindre avec talent." (Revue des Deux Mondes, 1948) Désormais les frais d'envoi sont de 6 € seulement pour les livres jusqu'à 1 kg (colissimo suivi), pour la France métropolitaine.‎

‎Le Prince de Machiavel. Préface de Benito Mussolini‎

‎Un des 1270 exemplaires sur vélin teinté numérotés (n° 728, après 30 chine et 250 vergé de Rives), Helleu et Sergent, Paris, 1929, XII-XXIII-300 pp.‎

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‎Rare exemplaire de cette édition préfacée par Mussolini, "reproduisant le texte d'une des premières translations françaises de Machiavel (J. Gohory, 1571) Arnould-Grémilly l'a révisée, redressant des erreurs & ajoutant quelques mots". Cette préface de Mussolini est la traduction de "Preludio al Macchiavelli" publié en 1924 dans le journal "Gerarchia" qu'il avait fondé. Etat très satisfaisant (petites fentes en mors, couv. lég. frottée, qq. rouss., bon état par ailleurs)‎

‎Discours de l'estat de paix et de guerre. Ensemble un traitté du mesme autheur, intitulé Le Prince, illustrez de maximes politiques.‎

‎Paris, Guillaume de Loyson, 1646. 3 parties en un volume in-4, vélin souple ivoire (Reliure de l'époque). Galeries de ver marginales sur une vingtaine de feuillets et quelques petites rousseurs.‎

‎Nouvelle édition de la traduction de Nicolas Herberay des Essarts, réimprimée sur celle de 1634 aux frais de plusieurs libraires associés, renfermant trois parties sous pagination séparée : les Discours sur la première décade de Tite-Live, L'Art de la guerre et Le Prince. L'Art de la guerre contient huit grandes planches typographiques hors texte illustrant des ordres de bataille. Agréable exemplaire en vélin du temps. Bertelli & Innocenti, XVII, n°45g.‎

‎Les Discours de l'Estat de Paix et de Guerre de messire Nicolas Macchiavelli, sur la première décade de Tite-Live. Traduit d'italien en françois. Plus un livre du mesme autheur intitulé le "Prince". Le tout diligemment revu & corrigé outre les précédentes impressions.‎

‎jean Gesselin Paris 1606 1 vol. 2 parties en 1 vol. in-12 de 719 pp. 2 ff.n.ch. (table), vélin ivoire à rabats de l'époque, titre écrit à la plume au dos.‎

‎Dernière édition. Réunion canonique de la traduction des Discours par Jacques Gohory et du Prince par Gaspard d'Auvergne. Les deux textes furent édités ensemble onze fois entre 1571 et 1606. Le Prince, compris dans la pagination, est précédé d'une page de titre particulière. "Il faut voir dans Le Prince le livre de la fondation de l'État envisagée du point de vue du prince, et dans les Discours cette même fondation envisagée du point de vue du peuple. Les deux ouvrages sont inséparables et ne peuvent être compris l'un sans référence à l'autre" Ouvrages majeurs, dont le succès fut considérable : onze éditions de ces traductions entre 1571 et 1606. Chaque partie a un titre spécial, mais la 2ème partie ne porte pas de nom d'éditeur. Bel et agréable exemplaire.‎

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‎Albin michel 2026 315 pages in12. 2026. Broché. 315 pages.‎

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