Raison et gouuernement d'estat, en dix livres. /
Botero, Giovanni,1540-1617.
Chappuys, Gabriel,1546-1613 or 1614.
A Paris, : Chez Guillaume Chaudiere, ruë S. Iacques, à l'enseigne du temps, & de l'homme sauuage.,
M. D. XCIX. [1599]
French translation of Ragion di stato; cf. J.C. Brunet. Manuel du libraire, v. 1, p. 1143; H.M. Adams. Cat. of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1967, no. 2551.
Parallel text in Italian and French, in double columns, with French prefatory matter.
"Extraict du privilege du Roy": verso of leaf [20] of 1st group.
Includes indexes.
Inscription on front cover: No leay en frances; inscription on front free pastedown: Jo: Ouueng Anglus libr. Epigram, with four -line Latin poem; inscription on leaf 1: Kamphausen; bookplate of Fort Augustus Library on front pastedown; Library pressmark label: Philosophica A10.
Bound in vellum with two sets of leather ties; spine title with decorative ornaments in ink.
Political science
State, The