Oeuvres De Montesquieu Ave les Notes De Tous Les Commentateurs (8 Volume set)
Paris: Lefevre, 1826. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item #014779
The best French language collection including Vol. 1-4 De l'espris des lois Vol. 5: Defense de l'espirit des lois; v. 6 Letteres persanes; Vol. 7 Considerations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur decadence Vol. 8 Le Temple de Gnide, Essai sur le gout; Pensees diverses. Notes sur l'Angleterre. Poesies. Montesquieu was read by all of the Founders and represents one of the great intellects of the Eighteenth Century. This set is the French Edition that was read by most legal philosophers through the Twentieth Century. A very good copy bound in quarter calf over marbled boards and with only light edgewear and some light brown spots on the spine.
Price: $350.00