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Political Philosophy BODIN (Jean) The Six Books...

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Political Philosophy BODIN (Jean) The Six Books of the Republic of I. Bodin Angevin. Paris, Du Puy, 1580. (Followed by) Apologie de René Herpin pour la République de Bodin. Paris, Du Puys, 1581. In-8 : 12f. 1060pp. 6f. (table) - 44f. (Apology of René Herpin). A few small restorations of leaves, short margin at the head. Modern stiff vellum, handwritten title on spine, red edges. A major treatise on political philosophy which had a lasting influence on the thinkers of the time, and even on Montesquieu who fed his thoughts on it. Rare with the apology of René Herpin which is in the first edition.