The Prince (1970) - Folio Society edition

The Prince (1970)

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The Prince (1970)
Folio Society
Philosophy

The Prince (1970)

Niccolò Machiavelli
Edition year 1970
Binding Silk
Illustrator Brian Paine
Translator George Bull
Weight 0.5 Kg
Pages 144
Dimensions 18.9 × 14.2 cm

Edition details

The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli. Translated and with an introduction by George Bull. Prelude by Benito Mussolini. Collotype frontispiece. Bound in blue artificial silk with as arabesque design in silver and gold by Brian Paine. Pale blue endleaves. Silver or dark blue slipcase. 18.9x14.2cm. 144pp.

About the book

Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most famous and controversial works of political thought. Written during the turbulent politics of Renaissance Italy, it examines how rulers acquire power, maintain authority and respond to threats. Machiavelli considers military strength, political reputation, alliances, fortune and the occasional necessity of deception or cruelty. His refusal to treat politics primarily as a matter of conventional morality made the work notorious, but also established it as one of the foundational texts of modern political analysis.

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