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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication dataMachiavelli, Niccolò, 1469‒1527.
[Principe. English]
Machiavelli: The Prince /
edited by Quentin Skinner and Russell Price.
p. cm. –
(Cambridge texts in the history of political thought)
Translation from the Italian of: Il principe.
Bibliography.
Includes index.
isbn 0 521 34240 6. isbn 0 521 34993 1 (pbk.)
1. Political science – Early works to 1800. 2. Political ethics.
I. Skinner, Quentin. II. Price, Russell. III. Title.
IV. Title: Prince. V. Series.
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