Two 17th-Century Books Related to Machiavelli's The Prince

to include:

Pedro de Ribadeneira; Johannes Oranus, ed. PRINCEPS CHRISTIANUS ADVERSUS NICOLAUM MACHIAVELLUM, CATEROSQUE; HUIUS TEMPORIS POLITICOS. Mainz (Germany): Sumptibus Conradi Butgenij, 1603. Roman type with italic; translated from the original Spanish into Latin. Full calf, raised bands, ink manuscript, and gilt on spine, all edges speckled. 8vo; [16], 564, [6index]pp.. With woodcut on title, dedication, and printed marginalia. VD17 106623D. (Staining and wear to calf, with edgewear and corners rubbed, spine with wormholes, faded manuscript, and loss at head; cracking at hinges, binding remains sturdy; wormholes, especially at endpapers and hinges; damp staining and soiling, mostly at endpapers and index; first free endpaper partially detached, ink on title page verso, pages toned with occasional small mark or stain, overall pages unmarked. A good copy.)

Niccolò Machiavelli; Casparo Langenhert. NICOLAI MACHIAVELLI FLORENTINI, PRINCEPS, INTERPRETE CASPARO LANGENHERT PHILOSOPHO. QUI SUA EI COMMENTARIA ADJECIT. Amsterdam: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1699. Bound with Paulo Verryn. TRACTATUS EMPTIONIS VENDITIONIS. Cologne: Apud Arnoldum Metternich, 1701. Second edition. Full vellum, yapp edges, manuscript on spine, all edges stained. 8vo; *8 A-K8 L2 2*2 (quire 2* mis-bound; final blank); [20], 162, [2]pp.; [30], 424, [6]pp. Roman type; text in Latin. With commentary, engraved frontispiece, and ornaments. (Vellum with light staining and discoloration; (2) pages of later manuscript bound in it at front, one restored; title page poorly repaired; occasional very light toning and foxing; a very good clean and sturdy copy.)
6 x 4 in.; 6 1/8 x 4 1/4 in.
The first book is the Latin translation of Ribadeneira's The Christian Prince Against Machiavellianism. The first Spanish edition was published in 1595.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com