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MONTESQUIEU. The works of Monsieur de Montesquieu.
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160
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MONTESQUIEU. The works of Monsieur de Montesquieu.
See original version (French)
Estimate
€200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
MONTESQUIEU. The works of Monsieur de Montesquieu. New edition revised, corrected and considerably enlarged by the author. London: Nourse, 1767. 3 volumes in-4. Contemporary speckled fawn calf, ribbed spine, red title-piece, havana tomaison, richly decorated boxes, gilt roulette on the edges, red edges (dull corners, rubbed head-pieces and edges, scattered freckles, small marginal defects including very light spotting on qq. ff. of volume 3 and stains). New edition of Montesquieu's works established by François Richer with the assistance of Montesquieu's son, on the author's manuscripts. It is augmented by the Lettres familières. The illustration consists of a frontispiece portrait engraved on copper by Littret after Sève and two folding maps for the book of the Esprit des Loix in the first volume. Volume I. (2) ff, frontispiece, 32-LXXXVI-527 pp, 2 folding maps. Volume II (2) ff. XVI-643 pp. Volume III (2) ff. 747 pp.
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