Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Niccol Machiavelli
1883. No Edition Remarks. 487 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Rough-cut pages. Minor foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with prominent splitting, fraying and crushing to joints and ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.