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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 / published by Mr. de Voltaire ; translated from the French.
Author
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786
Publication
London : Printed for T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon, between the two Temple Gates, Fleet-Street, MDCCXLI [1741]

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Additional Authors
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778
  • Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
  • Amelot de La Houssaie, Abraham-Nicolas, sieur, 1634-1706
  • Woodward, Thomas, -1751?
  • Martin J. Gross Collection
Description
xxiii, [1], 332, [4] pages; 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, that is, 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.
  • Sheets of this edition were reissued in 1752 with a cancel title page, with imprint: London : Printed for C. Davis, opposite Gray's-Inn-Gate, in Holborn..
  • Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-Y⁸.
  • Woodcut headpiece; factotum.
  • With English translation of A.-N. Amelot de la Houssaye's preface to his French translation of Il principe (pages xi-xx).
  • "Books printed for T. Woodward": 4 pages at end.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In (note)
  • ESTC
  • Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121)
  • Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, pages 976-1032)
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online (British Library copy) via Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
Provenance (note)
  • Augustus Hare (engraved armorial bookplate); H.J. Gladstone, March 30, '81 (autograph on front pastedown); B.H. Blackwell, bookseller, Oxford (label on front pastedown).
Binding (note)
  • Contemporary speckled calf, gilt; red morocco spine label. In modern green cloth covered clamshell box.
Call Number
*KGV 14-49
OCLC
228755368
Author
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, author.
Title
Anti-Machiavel, or An examination of Machiavel's Prince : with notes historical and political / published by Mr. de Voltaire ; translated from the French.
Publisher
London : Printed for T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon, between the two Temple Gates, Fleet-Street, MDCCXLI [1741]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
ESTC T136840
Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 104
Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, pages 976-1032), 40
Additional Formats
Also available online (British Library copy) via Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Binding
Contemporary speckled calf, gilt; red morocco spine label. In modern green cloth covered clamshell box. NN
Provenance
Augustus Hare (engraved armorial bookplate); H.J. Gladstone, March 30, '81 (autograph on front pastedown); B.H. Blackwell, bookseller, Oxford (label on front pastedown). NN
Local Note
Martin J. Gross Collection.
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Place of Publication
England London.
Added Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778, author.
Commentary on (work): Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe.
Container of (expression): Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe. English.
Amelot de La Houssaie, Abraham-Nicolas, sieur, 1634-1706, writer of introduction.
Woodward, Thomas, -1751?, publisher.
Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834-1903, former owner.
Gladstone, Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount, 1854-1930, former owner.
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Running Title
Examination of Machiavel's Prince
Research Call Number
*KGV 14-49
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