Monita et exempla politica. Libri duo, qui virtutes et vitia principum spectant.

Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus, Wid. J. Moretus & J. Meursius), 1625

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4to: [8]-213-[6] pp. (sl. age-toned or browned, sm. marg. loss of paper on title, foxing).

Mod. cardboard.

Reprint of the 1613 Antwerp ed. (1st 1605). It contains the 2 first chapters (of 6) of a work designed as a complement of the "Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex", dealing with religion and government. Lipsius only published the 2 first chapters because he despaired of being able to complete the rest. Plantin's mark on title.
Ref. BB III:1007:L-380. - Bibliogr. Lipsienne II:662. - Cp. Imhof (other ed.).
Joined, same author, imprint, format and binding: De una religione, adversus dialogistam liber. In quo tria capita libri quarti politicorum explicantur. 1623. Part of "Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex", Lipsius treatise on politics, his views of government and on the freedom of religion (1st 1589). Ref. BB III:1049:L-447. - Bibliogr. Lipsienne II:383. - STCV. (2 vol.)