MACHIAVEL, Nicolaus. OEuvres. - Lot 143

MACHIAVEL, Nicolaus. OEuvres. Paris, Potey et Pichard, 1799. 9 volumes in 9 volumes in-8, havana basane, smooth spines decorated in gilt with green title-pieces and tomaisons, boards decorated with triple gilt filleting, yellow edges spotted red. Approx. 400 pages per volume, portrait-frontispiece in the first, two folding plates in the fifth. Minor wear to binding. Some foxing. Complete set in nine volumes, first edition of the translation by Toussaint Guiraudet considered the best, not including the tales or the theater. The first volume opens with a medallion portrait-frontispiece of the author engraved by Levasseur after Brunzino. The fifth volume contains two fold-out plates, one showing a military formation. A fine copy in attractive bindings.