Description The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli.
However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli\'s death..
From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities).
Description The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli