Examen du Prince de Machiavel, avec des notes historiques & politiques.
King Frederick II, ‘The Great’ King of Prussia (1712-1786)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
The Hague
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3222199
Summary
Bibliographic description
XX, [4], 340 p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7422. Water staining throughout. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription on fly-leaf facing title page: "Examen" [i.e. title note and catalogue entry for anonymous works, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown leather label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges. Comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
King Frederick II, ‘The Great’ King of Prussia (1712-1786), author Abraham-Nicolas Amelot de La Houssaie (1634 - 1706), editor Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), author François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778), editor