RIBADENEIRA Peter, Princeps Christianus adversus Nicolaum Machiavellum, ceterosque huius temporis Politicos.

Princeps Christianus adversus Nicolaum Machiavellum, ceterosque huius temporis Politicos.

A P. Petro Ribadeneira Nuper Hispanice, nunc Latine a P. Ioanne Orano utroque Societatis Iesu Theologo editus, Poloniae ac Sweciae Regi dedicatus. Permissu superiorum. Coloniale Agrippinae 1604. apud Bernardum Gualtheri. (15.5 x 9.5 cm), f. [8], pp. 486, [6], bound in period leather, gilt on front and spine.
Edges of pages stained. Good condition, non. rubbing of binding, traces of woodworm and non. Losses on the spine, browning of pages. Dedication to King Sigismund III signed (in print) by Franciscus de Mendoza Almiralius Aragoniae. A polemic against Machiavelli's famous work, The Prince. Pedro de Rivandeneira (1527 - 1611), Spanish biographer, political thinker and historian. He condemned Machiavellianism and gave expression to it in his writings, among others in the offered work: (in Polish translation:) "Treatise on Religion and the Virtues a Christian Prince Should Have...".