| Sumario: | Like other writings by Niccolò Machiavelli, Il Principe (1513), probably his best-known work, was not only printed but also translated posthumously. His treatise was translated several times, and this allows a comparison of three Latin translations: the translation by Silvestro Tegli (1560, revised in 1580), a second translation by Hermann Conring (1660), and a third by Caspar Langenhert (1699). These translations date from different periods and show changes in the reception of the work and the political contexts. In this article, I aim to shed light on the different translation processes, the actors involved, and the networks that facilitated the transmission of Machiavelli's thought through Latin translation. Against this background, I will discuss the translations by Tegli, Conring, and Langenhert and their relationships to each other.
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