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Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine Historie, first English edition, by T[homas] C[reede] for
Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine Historie, first English edition, by T[homas] C[reede] for
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Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine Historie, first English edition, translated by Thomas Bedingfield, title in woodcut border with printer's device at foot, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, tiny chip to title fore-edge, first few ff. lightly browned, lacking final blank, twentieth century 'Grolier' style calf, decorative onlay and gilt, raised spine bands, gilt, [STC 17162], small folio, by T[homas] C[reede] for VV[illiam] P[onsonby], 1594.


⁂ The first edition in English of Machiavelli's history of Florence, which was commissioned by the Medici family. It was first published posthumously in 1532.
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Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine Historie, first English edition, by T[homas] C[reede] for

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