Vindiciae, contra tyrannos
Subtitle: , sive, De principis in populum populique in principem legitima potestate
By: Stephano Iunio Bruto Celta, auctore..
Contributors: Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1579
Place of publication: Edimburgi
Language: lat
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Despotism; Early works to 1800; Political science; Kings and rulers; Duties; Early printed books; Specimens
Other titles: De principis in populum populique in principem legitima potestate
Notes: First edition.

Preface dated 1577 by Cono Superantius Vasco (pseudonym of author).

Also attributed to Philippe de Mornay, and formerly to Beza, Hotman, and others.

Imprint possibly fictitious; believed by some to have been published in Basel in 1581 after the death of the author. Cf. Brunet.

Historiated initials.

Includes bibliographical references.

Brunet, col. 1308

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (STC), 15211