The Historic Tension Between Profit and Public

Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), engraving by F Zuliani from a drawing by Antonio Viviani, from Notizie su la commedia italiana avanti Carlo Goldoni, Part 2, 1828, by Luigi Carrer.
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