Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince. Written in 1513 under the title "De Principatibus". First printed under the title "Il Principe", Rome 1532; the first German translation was published under the title "Lebens- und Regierungs-Maximen eines Fürsten", Cologne 1714. The text follows the translation by Johann Gottlob Regis from 1842. Complete new edition with a biography of the author. Edited by Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2016, 2nd edition. The text is based on the edition: Nicolò Machiavelli: The Prince. Translated by Gottlob Regis, Stuttgart and Tübingen: Cotta, 1842. The pagination of the above edition is included in this new edition as a marginal note, line by line. Cover design by Thomas Schultz-Overhage using the image: Charles Le Brun, The Entry of Louis XIV (Detail), 1670. Set in Minion Pro, 11 pt.