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VARILLAS (Antoine de). LA PRATIQUE de l'Education des Princes. A Paris. 1684. - VARILLAS (Antoine de) LA PRATIQUE de l'Education des Princes . A Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1684. [48], 468 pp.; 260 mm. First edition. In the same year, 1684, a counterfeit in 12-pound format circulated, published in Amsterdam by H. Wetstein and H. Desbordes, intended for the market of the United Provinces. Under the guise of addressing the education of princes, the work is essentially a historical biography of William of Croy (1458-1521), Lord of Chièvres, governor and tutor to Charles of Austria – the future Emperor Charles V – and a central figure in European political and diplomatic relations between 1512 and 1521. Varillas presents it as an exemplary case study of how a prince should be trained for the exercise of power, articulating the biographical narrative with reflection on the art of governing. The English translation was published in London in 1688. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate