‎HURAULT, JACQUES.‎
‎Des offices d'estat avec un sommaire des stratagemes. - [ON GOOD GOVERNANCE]‎

‎Paris, Michel Sonnius, 1588. 4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Wear to extremities, with with a bit of loss of leather to boards. Spine-ends chipped. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Title-page slightly soiled and a few marginal annotations in contemporary hand, but otherwise internally nice and clean. (8), 301, (16) ff. ‎

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‎Rare first edition of this guide for princes and rulers in general. It was to a large extend based on works from the classical antiquity and their view on good governance. It was considered a classic well into the 17th century.A second edition was published in 1596.‎