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Brotherton Collection	17
English Literature	7
Ripon Cathedral	1

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Subject	Count
political ethics	44
political science	29
war	16
kings and rulers	4
ethics, ancient	2
monarchy	2
political obligation	2
utopias	2
character sketches	1
church and state	1

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Place	Count
Florence (Italy)	16
Great Britain	2
Florence	1
France	1

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People and organisations	Count
Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527)	21
Farneworth, Ellis (1763)	3
Frederick King of Prussia (1712-1786)	3
Livy	3
Bavand, William	2
Castracani, Castruccio, 1281-1328	2
Cicero, Marcus Tullius	2
Dacres, Edward	2
Ferrarius, Johannes (1558)	2
Godwin, William (1756-1836)	2

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From 1600	6
From 1700	13
From 1800	15
From 1900	4

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Up to 1699	6
Up to 1799	13
Up to 1899	15
Up to 1999	4

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Political thought in England : the Utilitarians from Bentham to J.S. Mill

Davidson, William L (1848-1929)

1915

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The citizen and his duties

Trotter, W F (1871-)

1907

Series title also at head of t.p.

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The quintesence of wit : being a corrant comfort of conceites, maximies, and poleticke devises, selected and gathered together by Francisco Sansovino. Wherin is set foorth sundrye excellent and wise sentences, worthie to be regarded and followed. Translated out of the Italian tung, and put into English for the benefit of all those that please to read and understand the works and worth of a worthy writer

Guicciardini, Francesco (1483-1540); Lottini, Gio Francesco (1512-1572); Sansovino, Francesco (1521-1586); Hitchcock, Captain Robert

Octobris. 28. 1590

A translation of the first book of "Propositioni overo considerationi in materia di cose di stato.. di M.F. Guicciardini, G.F. Lottini, F. Sansovino", edited by Sansovino. Translator's dedication si...

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K politicheskim d︠i︡e︠i︡atel︠i︡am

Tolstoy, Leo Nikolaevitch Graf (1828-1910)

1903

With additional French and (on cover) German titles: Aux réformateurs politiques - An die Politiker.

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L'Exercice et discours politiques de l'homme vertueux : contenant plusieurs notables exemples & enseignemens, appartenans tant à la police & gouvernement du public qu'au particulier. Ordonné par chaptires & lieux communs, tirez des escriptures sainctes & prophanes

Chesneau, Nicolas (1581)

1581

Signatures: [dagger]⁴ A-2B⁴. Final leaf blank. Numerous errors in pagination: there are two leaves numbered 26. After leaf 56 the paging alters to 112 onwards; the catchwords on 56 verso and 1...

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Politique discourses upon trueth and lying : An instruction to princes to keepe their faith and promise: containing the summe of Christian and morall philosophie, and the duetie of a good man in sundrie politique discourses vpon the trueth and lying

Coignet, Matthieu sieur de La Thuillerie (1514-1586); Hoby, Sir Edward (1560-1617)

1586

A translation of: Instruction aux princes pour garder la foy promise. Actual printer's name from STC. The four pages between p. 72 and 73 (sig. E5-6) are each numbered 72. The last leaf is blank...

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