Hard Cover
1857 · Paris
by Montesquieu; De Dupin; Crevier; Voltaire; Mably; Servan; La Harpe; Etc., Etc,
Paris: Chez Firmin Didot Freres, 1857. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Board edges lightly rubbed, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, pencil name on front free endpaper verso. 1857 Hard Cover. 770 pp. French text. Spine leather, marbled boards and endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of Montesquieu. "Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (18 January 1689 â 10 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher. He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He is also known for doing more than any other author to secure the place of the word "despotism" in the political lexicon.[4] His anonymously published The Spirit of the Laws (1748), which was received well in both Great Britain and the American colonies, influenced the Founding Fathers of the United States in drafting the U.S. Constitution."--Wikipedia (Inventory #: 2315524)