Origine e descendenza della casa de Medici ... [etc.]

Name:

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1600

Description:

History of the House of Medici, followed by a copy of The prince by Niccolo Macchiavelli.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Purchased, 1957.

Subject:

Medici, House of; Political ethics -- Early works to 1800; Political ethics; Political science -- Early works to 1800; Political science

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Histories; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

450 leaves : paper; 278 x 196 (248 x 141) mm bound to 287 x 198 mm + 1 note

Geographic Subject:

Tuscany (Italy) -- History

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-334v: Origine e descendenza della casa de Medici. -- 2. f.335r [f. 336 numbered 334]-447v: Niccolo Macchiavelli. Il principe.; Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, 450; 1-291, 293-334, [i], 334-447, [448-449]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary vellum.; Origin: Probably written in Florence, in the 17th century.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 552