Author
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Uniform title
Istorie Fiorentine. Latin
Title
Nicolai Machiavelli Florentini Historiæ Florentinæ libri octo..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Historiæ Florentinæ libri octo
Varying form of title
Historiae Florentinae libri octo
Imprint
Lugdu[n]i Batavorum. : Apud Hieronymum de Vogel, 1645..
Physical description
[8], 534, [34] p. ; 13 cm (12mo)
Note
Signatures: *4 A-Z12 Aa8.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Engraved title page.
Note
Colophon on leaf Aa8v: "Lugduni Batavorum, apud Philippum de Cröy, Anno 1645.".
Note
"Castrucci Castracani Luccensis Vita, a Nicolao Machiavello descripta" has caption title on page 503.
Note
Initials, head-pieces, tail-pieces.
Citation/references note
CLC, M42
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Reverend Herbert Hawes, with address “Rollestone Street, Salisbury.”.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century brown calf over paper boards; boards decorated with blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards, with additional vertical blind fillets towards spine, and blind fleurons at inner corners; smooth spine with blind fillets and fleurons; blind fillet around board edges; text block edges heavily sprinked red; minor repairs in 2025.
Subject
Castracani, Castruccio, 1281-1328
Subject
Florence, Italy (Place) History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Vogel, Hieronymus de bookseller.
Added entry--name
Croy, Philippe de, active 1645-1669 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hawes, Herbert, -1837 former owner.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Vita Castrucci Castracani Luccensis.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
B19662
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