Maroquin with the arms of Galard de Béarn-Brassac - Lot 61

Maroquin with the arms of Galard de Béarn-Brassac BODIN (Jean) - [POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY] Les Six Livres de la République de J. Bodin angevin. To Monseigneur du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac, Conseiller du Roy en son privé Conseil. Slnd [Geneva, Claude Juge], 1577. In-8: 36f., 1102pp. Emerald-green morocco signed PAGNANT, richly decorated ribbed spine, fleurs-de-lys between coffers, superb gilt decoration on boards with the central arms of Béarn, alternating fleurs-de-lys and furniture arms framing, filleted edges, interior lace, gilt edges. In a protective slipcase. Jean Bodin's Six Livres de la République is a major work of political philosophy, considered to be the first reasoned theory of political power in modern times. Their success was immediate, and numerous reprints were published. Pirate edition of 1577 (Juge, Geneva), which follows the chapter order of the original 1576 edition (Du Puy, Paris - Privilège du Roy dated August 12, 1576 and established for ten years). After the St. Bartholomew's Day, faced with the collapse of the kingdom of France, Bodin proposed its reconstruction. He drew up the first complete and reasoned theory of modern political power, which still serves as a reference today for jurists and political philosophers. Provenances: Copy from the library of Laure-Henri-Gaston de Galard de Brassac de Béarn, prince of Béarn and Viana. Ex-libris printed with the isards of Jacques Laget.