MONTESQUIEU, Charles Secondat (Baron de).
Miscellaneous Pieces of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. Translated from the new edition of his works in quarto printed at Paris.
London, Printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham, in the Strand, 1759.
These include his Defence of the Spirit of the Laws, D'Alembert's Eulogium, with his analysis of the Lois, Montesquieu's Discourses at the Academy, Essay on Taste, Eleven new Persian letters, Temple of Gnidus, and Lysimachus.
First edition; 8vo (20.5 x 13.5 cm); note in pen to lower margin of pp.36-37, pencil annotation to p.22, dated ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto; contemporary sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, a little rubbed, very good; vi, [2], 334pp.
ESTC T89091; Cabeen 48.
Stock code 122979
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