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Maître Jean-Paul RENOUD-GRAPPIN
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[MONTESQUIEU (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède e…
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85
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[MONTESQUIEU (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède e…
See original version (French)
Estimate €70 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
[MONTESQUIEU (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de)]. Defence of The Spirit of the Laws, to which some Clarifications have been appended. Geneva, Barrillot & Fils, 1750. In-12, 207 pp. Marbled fawn calfskin, spine with five raised bands and floral decoration, title page in red morocco, gilt roulette on the edges, red edges. (Contemporary binding).
First edition, published anonymously, two years after *De l’Esprit des lois* (1748), in response to the virulent attacks published against the work.
Handwritten bookplate of CORDIER, 1818.
Trace of water damage to the upper cover. A fine copy.
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Ref. : 226165 - 302
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