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Anti-Machiavel, or, An examination of Machiavel's Prince : with notes historical and political

Title
Anti-Machiavel, or, An examination of Machiavel's Prince : with notes historical and political / by Mr. de Voltaire ; translated from the French.
Author
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Publication
London : Printed for C. Davis, opposite Gray's-Inn-Gate, in Holborn, 1752.

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Additional Authors
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  • Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
  • Amelot de La Houssaie, Abraham-Nicolas, sieur, 1634-1706.
  • Martin J. Gross Collection. NN
Description
xxiii, [1], 332, [4] p.; 21 cm. (8vo)
Alternative Title
Examination of Machiavel's Prince
Subjects
Note
  • Translation of: Anti-Machiavel (originally published as Examen du Prince de Machiavel, 1741, i.e. 1740).
  • By Frederick II of Prussia, with the assistance of Voltaire.
  • English translation of Machiavelli's Il principe on upper part of page with the "Observations" by Frederick and Voltaire below.
  • A reissue, with a cancel t.p., of the sheets of the original English ed.: London : T. Woodward, 1741.
  • With English translation of Amelot de la Houssaye's preface to his translation of Il principe.
  • Signatures: A⁸ (±A1) a⁴ B-Y⁸.
  • "Books printed for T. Woodward": p. [333-336].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In (note)
  • ESTC (RLIN)
  • Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032)
Provenance (note)
  • *KGV copy: Martin J. Gross Collection; John Smith (early autograph on t.p.); John Leyland (armorial bookplate); Leyland Free Library, Hindley (bookplate).
Call Number
*KGV (Voltaire. Anti-Machiavel. English. 1745) 00-146
OCLC
  • 6313818
  • NYPG00-B6896
Author
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Title
Anti-Machiavel, or, An examination of Machiavel's Prince : with notes historical and political / by Mr. de Voltaire ; translated from the French.
Imprint
London : Printed for C. Davis, opposite Gray's-Inn-Gate, in Holborn, 1752.
Indexed In:
ESTC (RLIN) T143406
Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 41
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Provenance
*KGV copy: Martin J. Gross Collection; John Smith (early autograph on t.p.); John Leyland (armorial bookplate); Leyland Free Library, Hindley (bookplate).
Local Note
Binding: 19th-century half brown morocco, gilt.
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Added Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe. English.
Amelot de La Houssaie, Abraham-Nicolas, sieur, 1634-1706.
Martin J. Gross Collection. NN
Running Title
Examination of Machiavel's Prince
Research Call Number
*KGV (Voltaire. Anti-Machiavel. English. 1745) 00-146
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