Miscellaneous pieces of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. Translated from the new edition of his works in quarto printed at Paris

Book Description

London: printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham. 1759. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. vi, [2], 334, plus final blank; contemporary full calf, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; extremities rubbed, top of spine slightly chipped and cracked, upper joint starting, but in all a good, sound copy, or better. Contains the Eulogium on Montesquieu, by Monsieur d'Alembert; The Analysis of the Spirit of laws, by M. d'Alembert; An Oration Pronounced the 24th of January, 1728, by Montesquieu; and, An essay upon taste; New Persian letters; The Temple of Gnidus; and, A defence of the Spirit of laws: to which are added some explanations, all by Montesquieu.

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