Della perfettione della vita politica di M. Paolo Paruta nobile vinetiano, cavaliere, & procuratore di San Marco : Libri tre ; a'quali vi sono state aggiunte le postille ne'margini, & ampliati gli indici.

Paolo Paruta

Appresso Domenico Nicolini, 1599.

Quarto, 26 cm.  [xlvi], 479 pages. Bound in 18th century armorial calf (qualis ab incepto), rebacked with later spine.  Book plate of the Earl of Roden. Paruta was a historian and statesman of the Venetian Republic. His political instincts were influenced by Machiavelli, but distinct.  Early Italian political science / philosophy.