Botero, G. Della ragion di stato libri dieci, con tre libri delle cause della grandezza e magnificenza della città. Venedig, Gioliti, 1589. 4to (22:17 cm). Mit Druckermarke u. figürl. Holzschnitt-Initialen. 8 Bll., 367 S. - Angebunden: A. Antonini. Indice copiosissimo di tutte le cose notabili, che si contengono ne' diece libri de la Ragion di stato... di Giovanni Botero. Udine, G. B. Natolini, 1592. 16 nn. Bll. Flex. Prgt. d. Zt., fleckig u. berieben.

I. EDIT 16, CNCE 7272; IA 122.698; Adams B 2548; Gamba 1271; Kress 178; Goldsmiths 248; Alden-L. 589/14. - Erste Ausgabe. Berühmtes Werk gegen Macchiavelli. Ab S. 295 die bereits 1588 einzeln erschienene Schrift "Delle cause della grandezza della città" (es gibt eine Variante bei Gioliti ohne diesen Anhang). "B. strenuously opposed Machiavelli's doctrine that politics was independent of ethics ... His economic ideas received most complete expression in 'Delle cause della grandezza...'  in which he attempted to analyze the factors influencing the growth of urban population ... Two centuries before Malthus he pointed out a number of checks by which population is kept on a level with means of subsistence" (ESS II, 647). - Gering fleckig, teilw. kleine Wurmspuren im unteren weißen Rand. Rechte untere Ecke mit Wasserrand, die ersten 2 Bll. hier ergänzt. - II. EDIT 16, CNCE 1996. - Sehr seltener Index zu Botero. - Erste 4 Bll. mit Loch im weißen Rand, einige alte Federproben im Rand.

First edition, bound with the very scarce Index by Antonini. - I. Slight spotting, some worming to lower blank margin in places, waterstaining to lower right corner, corner of first two leaf restored. II. Some scribblings, hole to right blank margin of the first four leaves. Contemporary limp vellum, rubbed, and spotted.