Libri XXI, ne quali si contengono diversi ordini, magistrati, leggi, costumi, historie, & cose notabili, che sono utili & necessarie ad ogni huomo civile e di stato. (…).
Second edition. Woodcut printer’s device to title-page, portrait of the author verso title-page, woodcut headpieces and initials. 4to. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. Former owner’s signatures to title-page. A few pages very browned. [xxvi], 200 leaves. Venice, Marchiò Sessa, 1567.
Second, revised edition of a Renaissance treatise on political thought. The work discusses the governments of European countries, ancient Rome, Turkey, Persia and Tunis, among other places. The last chapter talks about a government of “The Republic of Utopia”.
