The six bookes of a common-weale
By: Written by I. Bodin a famous lawyer, and a man of great experience in matters of state. Out of the French and Latine copies, done into English, by Richard Knolles
Contributors: Shuger, W.; Knolles, Richard, 1550?-1610, translator; Islip, Adam, -1639, printer; Bishop, George, -1611, publisher; Samuel Johnson and William Samuel Johnson Libraries (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: [Printed by Adam Islip] impensis G. Bishop.
Published: 1606
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 806
Subjects: Political science; Early works to 1800; The State
Work titles: Six livres de la République
Notes: Signatures: [A]⁶ ([A]1 blank) B-Z⁶ Aa-Zz⁶ Aaa-Hhh⁶ *Iii⁶ Iii-Vuu⁶ Xxx⁸ (Xxx8 blank).

Errors in pagination: Leaves in quires Hhh and *Iii are numbered on recto only from leaf 625-636 inclusive.

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.

Translation of: Les six livres de la république.

Title within illustrated woodcut border.

Head- and tail- pieces; initials and printed marginalia.

Printer's name from colophon.

A variant has a printed slip in Latin bearing a commendation by W. Sh[uger]. This note is reprinted on the cancel title page of STC 3193.5.

Entered to Islip 8 January 1603.

English short title catalogue, S107090

STC (2nd ed.) 3193

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.