Jean Le Rond d' Alembert, Pierre Mouchon, Denis Diderot; Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, MarmontelBiblio.com
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17512605210193Chez Briasson David Le Breton Durand A Paris; Amsterdam 1751 - 1777 1751. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Organization of Enlightenment Thought: The Revolution in Ideas. A first edition of this foundational encyclopedia of 18th century knowledge. A massive thirty-five volume set. Large folios volumes 39.5 x 25 cm. Bound in 18th-century French calf. Spines gilt with raised bands. One volume non-uniformly bound in light calf. <br> The set includes: Encyclopedie Paris: 1751-57 & Neuchatel 1765. 17 volumes; Recueil de planches. Paris: 1762-72. 11 volumes 1 2 part I 2 Part II 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11; Supplement a l'Encyclopedie. Paris & Amsterdam: 1776-77. 5 volumes including the Suite de recueil de planches; Table Analytique. Paris: 1780. <br> Profusely illustrated with engraved plates. <br> Diderot's famous Encyclopedie was initially a modest translation of Chambers's Cyclopaedia. It grew as a project into a massive project which attempted to collect human knowledge from a rationalistic perspective instead of by nature or theology. In organizing knowledge from a position where human reason was paramount the supremacy of the Church was imperiled. As a result the Encyclopedie was widely controversial and placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum by the Catholic Church. In discussing fundamental philosophical issues such as on political authority and natural rights articles in the Encyclopedie shifted the basis of governmental authority from the divine right of Kings to radical concepts popular consent was the basis of legitimacy and the ideals of a social contract. The work was banned by the King of France. It spread the foundational ideas of the French Revolution and enlightenment thinkers. "No encyclopaedia perhaps has been of such political importance or has occupied so conspicuous a place in the civil and literary history of its century. It sought not only to give information but to guide opinion." "It was a war machine; as it progressed its attacks on both the church and still more on despotic government as well as Christianity itself became bolder and more undistinguished and it was met with persecution and opposition unparalleled in the the history of encyclopedias." - Encyclopedia Britannica 11th ed p. 1483. "A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien regime and in heralding the French Revolution" Printing in the Mind of Man 200. Refs: Grolier/Horblit 25b; Norman 637; PMM 200. <br> Includes: 17 v. : ill. ; 41 cm. supplement 4 volumes plates 11 volumes plates supplement 1 volume. Table Analytique 1 volume. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, A Paris; Amsterdam (1751 - 1777) hardcover
174854277Geneve Barrillot sic! & Fils 1748. 4to. Two lovely contemporary uniform full calf bindings with richly gilt spines gilt title- and tome-labels and single gilt line-borders to boards. Edges of boards blindtooled. Very neatly restored at hinges and corners barely noticeable. 19th century book-plate "FAMA" to inside if front boards. Old handwritten notes in ink to front free end-papers. Some leaves evenly browned as usual. Vol. I with contemporary owner's inscription "B. Heiman/ 1756/ S. st." to verso of title-page. Light inkspotting to half-title and occasional light brownspotting. Vol. II with very small owner's name to verso of front free end-paper: "Mr. Gustavo Horta" and with a worm tract. The worm tract is mostly very small and only in the very top corner of the upper blank margin or as a tiny hole in the inner blank margin towards the hinge. From pp. 493 to 544 the worm tract is larger but still situated in the blank margin outer and far from affecting text at any point. With both half-titles preface vol. 1 and tables of contents. No errata at the end of volume one and no folded map. Woodcut printer's devices to title-pages. 8 XXIV 522; 4 XVI 564 pp. <br/><br/><em>The very rare first edition first issue of Montesquieu's seminal main work "in many ways one of the most remarkable works of the eighteenth century" PMM 197 in which the author presents his theory of constitutional monarchy advocating constitutionalism and the separation of powers and explains human laws and social institutions. The very first printing i.e. the first edition first issue of the present work is of the utmost scarcity. Numerous editions and issues of the work were printed in the months following the first appearance. The present copy has the first issue pointers the two "r"s in "Barrillot" on the title-page no errata. It does not have a folding map as mentioned by Brunet but whether this is actually supposed to be present or not in the first printing has not been established - some bibliographers say that it should not be there.Montesquieu began writing this his magnum opus in 1743 by the end of which year he had almost finished the first draft of it. The same year he began the first of two great revisions of it which he finished in 1746. In 1747 he finished his second revision adding several new chapters and chose J. Barrillot from Geneva to publish the work which finally appeared for the first time in November 1748 in two quarto volumes with no mention of author or year. Numerous editions and issues appeared the following months and years and by 1751 22 editions of the work had appeared. Already in 1750 the work was published in English the English editions amounting to 10 by 1773 and by 1801 the work had appeared in both German 1789 Dutch Danish Polish Italian and Russian 1801. The work exercised the greatest of influence both negative and positive and numerous anti-Montesquieu-pamphlets and articles appeared during the last half of the 18th century. Because of the work Montesquieu was also attacked by the Sorbonne as well as in the general assembly of the French clergy and in Rome. In 1751 the work was placed on the Index.As the number of editions translations etc. bears witness to the work provided the greatest of impact on 18th century political thought as well as actual politics and law. In fact few other works can be claimed to possess the same power of influence as this one directly affecting the likes of Tocqueville and Catherine the Great. Although Montesquieu had to defend himself against great thinkers like Voltaire "his theories underlay the thinking which led up to the American and French revolutions and the United States Constitution in particular is a lasting tribute to the principles he advocated." PMM 197. "Montesquieu was one of the great political philosophers of the Enlightenment. Insatiably curious and mordantly funny he constructed a naturalistic account of the various forms of government and of the causes that made them what they were and that advanced or constrained their development. He used this account to explain how governments might be preserved from corruption. He saw despotism in particular as a standing danger for any government not already despotic and argued that it could best be prevented by a system in which different bodies exercised legislative executive and judicial power and in which all those bodies were bound by the rule of law. This theory of the separation of powers had an enormous impact on liberal political theory and on the framers of the constitution of the United States of America." SEP.Kress: 4920; Tchemerzine: VIII 459; PMM 197. </em> hardcover
174869043Geneve: Chez Barrillot & Fills 1748. Full Description:<br> <br> MONTESQUIEU Charles de Secondat Baron de. De l'Esprit des Loix Ou du rapport que les Loix doivent avoir avec la Constitution de chaque Gouvernement les Moeurs le Climat la Religion le Commerce &c. à quoi l'Auteur a ajouté Des recherches nouvelles sur les Loix Romaines touchant les Successions sur les Loix Françoises & sur les Loix Féodales. Geneva: Chez Barrillot & Fils i.e. Paris: Prault n.d. 1748.<br> <br> First edition. With the double "r" spelling of the printer on both title-page as described by Tchemerzine. Two quarto volumes 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 247 x 184 mm. 2 blank 8 xxiv 522; 2 blank 4 xvi 564 2 blank pp. Woodcut device on title decorative woodcut tail-pieces. Both volumes with half-titles. Without the errata as is normal for the first edition.<br> <br> Full contemporary acid-treated calf. Each volume with two original tan morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. All edges marbled. Outer hinges of both volumes with some repairs. Previous owner's armorial book plate on front paste down of each volume. Some minor rubbing to boards. A few pages of light toning but generally very clean. Previous owner's light unobtrusive pencil marginalia. A very good set. Both volumes housed in a morocco-edged marbled board slipcase.<br> <br> "Finally in 1743 he began De l'Esprit des Loix. It took four years to write and when it was finished almost all his friends advised him not to publish it. Montesquieu paid no attention and it was printed in Geneva in the autumn of 1748. It consists of six main sections the first dealing with law in general and different forms of government and the second with the means of government military matters taxation and so on. The third deals with national character and the effect on it of climate; a subject of peculiar originality and the one most discussed at the time. The fourth and fifth deal with economic matters and religion; the last is an appendix on law-Roman feudal and modern French. The most distinctive aspect of this immense syllabus is its moderation: a quality not designed to achieve official approval in 1748. It is an always original survey which is neither doctrinaire visionary eccentric nor over-systematic. The scheme that emerges of a liberal benevolent monarchy limited by safeguards on individual liberty was to prove immensely influential. his theories underlay the thinking which led up to the American and French revolutions and the United States Constitution in particular is a lasting tribute to the principles he advocated" Printing and the Mind of Man .<br> <br> En Français dans le texte 138. Kress 4920. Printing and the Mind of Man 197. Tchemerzine VIII p. 460.<br> <br> HBS 69043.<br> <br> $24500. Chez Barrillot & Fills unknown
17482590Geneva: Chez Barrillot & Fills 1748. First edition. With the double "r" spelling of the printer on both title-page as described by Tchemerzine. Two quarto volumes 253 x 191 mm. Full contemporary speckled calf rebacked with original spine. Each volume with two original green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. All edges speckled red. Hinges cracking but holding firm. Some rubbing to boards. Previous owner's book plate on front paste down of each volume. Collating 2 blank 8 xxiv 522; 2 blank 4 xvi 564 2 blank. Woodcut device on title decorative woodcut tail-pieces. Both volumes with half-titles but without the errata. Some occasional tiny black ink spots in text. A few pages of light toning but generally very clean. A very good set. <br/><br/>"De l'Esprit des Loix.took four years to write and when it was finished almost all his friends advised him not to publish it. Montesquieu paid no attention and it was printed in Geneva in the autumn of 1748. It consists of six main sections the first dealing with law in general and different forms of government and the second with the means of government military matters taxation and so on. The third deals with national character and the effect on it of climate; a subject of peculiar originality and the one most discussed at the time. The fourth and fifth deal with economic matters and religion; the last is an appendix on law Roman feudal and modern French. The most distinctive aspect of this immense syllabus is its moderation: a quality not designed to achieve official approval in 1748. It is an always original survey which is neither doctrinaire visionary eccentric nor over-systematic. The scheme that emerges of a liberal benevolent monarchy limited by safeguards on individual liberty was to prove immensely influential. His theories underlay the thinking which led up to the American and French revolutions and the United States Constitution in particular is a lasting tribute to the principles he advocated" PMM. <br/><br/>En Français dans le texte 138. Kress 4920. PMM 197. Tchemerzine VIII p. 460. Chez Barrillot & Fills unknown books
86165Genève Barillot & fils 1748 Auflage: 1. Halbleder gebunden über 5 Bünden goldgeprägte Rückentitel Lederecken / 2 Bände / Anz. Seiten: XXIV 522 XVI 564 / 21 x 25 cm / Zustand: gut leichte Buchblöcke / mässige EInbände Alters-/ Gebrauchsspuren; Einbände berieben und beschabt à quoi l'Auteur a ajouté Des recherches nouvelles sur les Loix Romaines touchant les Successions sur les Loix Françoises & sur les Loix Féodales. oberes Band 1 und unteres Band 2 Kapital abgewetzt/eingerissen Papier leicht gebräunt und partiell braun- und leicht stockfleckig erste 16 Blätter am Seitenrand wasserfleckig Band 1 wenig Wurmfrass mit minimem Textverlust Bbibliotheksstempel auf Titelblättern Vortiteln und Vorsätzen Besitzereinträge und handschriftliche Nummerierung auf Vorsätzen Genève, Barillot & fils, [1748], Auflage: 1. unknown
LCS-18348Ouvrage somptueusement relié en maroquin de l’époque par Enguerrand pour le Garde des sceaux Chretien-François II de Lamoignon (1735-1789). A Amsterdam, chez Jacques Desbordes, 1730. 2 vol. pet. in-12: 1 f. blanc et 312 pag. chiffr. pour le tome Ier ; 347 pag. chiffr. pour le tome II. Plein maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin vert, date dorée sur une pièce de maroquin vert en pied du dos du premier volume, filet or sur les coupes, roulette dorée intérieure, tranches dorées. Reliure de l'époque. 133 x 74 mm.
172189501721 A Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau, 1721. Deux tomes en un volume in-12° (100 x 166 mm) de 172 (y compris le titre)+187+[1bl] pages, sans feuillet de titre au tome II. Reliure de lépoque en pleine basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre en maroquin orange, tranches rouges. Plats et dos légèrement frottés, mais autrement, lexemplaire est en parfait état.
LCS-18356Superbe exemplaire des Œuvres de Montesquieu sur grand papier vélin, relié en éclatant maroquin rouge par Simier. Paris, Pierre Didot l’Aîné, 1795. 12 volumes in-12, qq. ff. légèrement brunis. Maroquin rouge à grain long, roulette dorée d’encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs richement ornés, roulette dorée sur les coupes, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches dorées. Reliure de l’époque signée de Simier. 150 x 90 mm.
176794<p>"Very rare first edition published in Florence by the abbe de Guasco in 1767. It contains among other things three letters against Mme Geoffrin pp. 222-241 which caused the destruction of a large part of the edition by Mme Geoffrin herself who was eagerly looking for copies" Tchémerzine IV 931.</p><p>Tchemerzine IV 931 Cat. James de Rothschild II 1897.</p><p>The abbe de Guasco was "the closest of the familiars and the most appreciated interlocutor of Montesquieu" Catherine Volpilac-Auger Un auteur en quête d'éditeur p. 185</p><p>"The 2 lim. ff. include an engraved frontispiece which represents the two faces of the medal struck in the honor of Montesquieu after the publication of the Esprit des Loix and an engraved title. </p><p>The abbot of Guasco who had a regular correspondence with Montesquieu had this volume printed in Florence in 1767. There he published three letters against Mme Geoffrin pp. 222-241 which she deleted from a reprint which she herself had executed under the rubric of Florence and Paris Vincent Durant neveu 1767 in-18. This part of the correspondence is not even found in an infringement executed in Paris the same year. The care which Mme Geoffrin put in seeking in order to destroy them the copies of the true Florentine edition explains why they have become very rare " Émile Picot Cat. James de Rothschild n° 1897.</p><p><b>" <i>Montesquieu's correspondance his most lively work remained unpublished in his lifetime</i> "</b></p><p>Roger Caillois.</p><p>The first edition one of the only books described as "very rare" by Émile Picot in the catalogue of the Rothschild library contains the Letters of Montesquieu addressed to his Italian friends from 21 December 1729 to February 1755 a few days before his death.</p><p>The most spicy part concerns pages 222 to 241 a true indictment against the Parisian "dictatorship" of Madame Geoffrin 1699-1777.</p><p>Her home was one of the busiest of the century in which the offices of mind had such an influence on the literary and philosophical movement.</p><p>In Les Causeries du Lundi Sainte-Beuve she is depicted as follows: "The spirit that Mrs. Geoffrin brought to the comforts and economy of this small empire that she had so widely conceived was a spirit of naturalness accuracy and finesse that descended to the smallest details a clever active and gentle spirit. His activity was among those that are noticed mainly by good order one of those discreet activities that act on all points almost in silence and insensitivity. Mistress of the house she has the eye to everything; she presides; yet she growls but of a rumbling which is only hers; she want us to be silent in time ; she polices her salon. They fear her. Its principle is to intervene only at certain moments. It is then that she places wise maxims pungent tales and anecdotal morality in action usually sharpened by some familiar expression or image".</p><p><b>A wide-margined copy preserved in its publisher's boards as issued.</b></p><p>Provenance : Martelli's family in Florence ex-libris " Sola Virtus vera Nobilitas "</p>
174921444Geneva but Paris: Chez Barrillot et Fils n.d. 1749 1749. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First Counterfeit Edition ie. Second E. Quarto. Two volumes. Pp. 4 p.l. xxiv 522 2 errata; 2 p.l. i-xvi 564. Complete with half-titles woodcut printer's device to each title and woodcut tail-pieces. Contemporary full mottled calf with triple gilt fillets gilt-tooled spines to a floral design in compartments between raised bands matching red morocco labels gilt marbled endpapers red stained edges. Minor wear to extremities of bindings joints flaking slightly corners slightly exposed discreet repairs to headcaps and lower joints of both volumes tiny piece shaved from upper corner of front free endpaper of first volume armorial bookplate on pastedown but overall an exceptionally clean crisp set internally in handsome and carefully restored bindings. The First Counterfeit Edition ie. Second Edition First Issue of Montesquieu's philosophical masterpiece "The Spirit of Laws". The original edition of Montesquieu's anonymously written work was published in 2 volumes 4to by Barrillot & Fils in Geneva in October 1748 although undated. Its appearance was quickly followed by an unauthorised edition published by Prault in Paris in January 1749 with the false imprint of "Barrillot & Fils Geneva" also undated. There were three issues of this pirated edition only the first containing the errata at the end of the first volume as does this copy. The piracies were distinguishable from the original by the misspelling of Barrillot with one "r" and the absence of the 14 cancels in the original. Within two years of its initial publication Montesquieu's treatise on political liberty had achieved such popularity that he was able to write "Il y a vingt-deux éditions de mon ouvrage répandeus dans toutes l'Europe." Gébelin p.22 . The book generated enormous controversy and its author was accused of atheism in the pages of the influential Jensenist periodical "Nouvelles Ecclésiastiques". In spite of his "Défense" published in 1750 Montesquieu's work was placed on the Index in 1751. Montesquieu died not long after but the principles he advocated in his writings the ideas of freedom and toleration and the natural rights of the individual went on to inspire the French and American Revolutions and provide the philosophical underpinnings of the American Constitution. Tchemerzine VIII 459-460. Kress 4920. PMM 197. Gébelin 2. Chez Bar[r]illot et Fils, n.d. [1749] Hardcover
1711002657Lugduni Batavorum (Leide, Leyde), Apud Petrum Van der Aa, Bibliopolam, 1711 In-folio (41 x 27 cm), (1) ff., 15 pp., (8) pp., veau marbré, dos à six nerfs orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, triple filet à froid entourant les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure d'époque). Illustré d'un frontispice, un portrait de l'auteur, 1 vignette de titre, 4 vignettes dans le texte, et 60 planches gravées. Première édition en latin du "Cabinet des raretés de l'île d'Amboine" (Amboinsche Rariteitkamer), publié en hollandais en 1705 ; l'auteur, atteint de cécité, est ici représenté dans son cabinet. Précieux exemplaire provenant de la famille de Charles de MONTESQUIEU, de la bibliothèque du Château de la Brède, avec l'ex-libris des Secondat, barons de la Brède et de Montesquieu, "Virtutem Fortuna Secondat, Ex Bibliotheca Bredanense", et les initiales C. M. à l'encre. Bel exemplaire. // Folio (41 x 27 cm), (1) ff., 15 pp., (8) pp., marbled calf, spine tooled raised on six bands, red morocco title label, triple blind fillet borders on covers, double gilt fillet on turns-in, red edges (contemporary binding). Illustrated with a frontispiece, a portrait of the author, 1 vignette on title, 4 vignettes in the text, and 60 engraved plates. First edition in latin of the "Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet" (Amboinsche Rariteitkamer), first published in german in 1705 ; the author, blind, is here depicted in his office. Precious copy from Charles de MONTESQUIEU family, from the "Château de la Brède" library, with the book-plate of the Secondat, barons de la Brède et de Montesquieu "Virtutem Fortuna Secondat , Ex Bibliotheca Bredanense", and initials C. M. hand-written. Fine copy (Nissen ZBI 3520)
182624699Paris Lefvre 1826 8 volumes in-8, box beige, plats dcors d'une roulette et d'une composition centrale losange pousses froid, pices de titre en maroquin brun sur les dos sans nerfs orns de fers et filets dors, filets or sur les coupes; encadrements intrieurs orns d'une roulette dore, doublures et gardes de papier marbr, tranches marbres, non rogns, couvertures imprimes (Beigandat).Edition faisant partie de la Collection des classiques franois, illustre d'un portrait-frontispice de Montesquieu grav par B. Roger d'aprs Dassier.
1750140941341London: J. Nourse & P. Vaillant 1750. First British Edition. Near Fine. First British edition and the first edition in the English language of Baron de Montesquieu's pioneering work in comparative law. Bound in recent marbled paper boards over leather spine with raised bands and morocco title labels lettered in gilt. Cigar smoke odor to pages small stain to edges of rear pages of Volume I; Stain to gutter of title page of and faint water stain to rear pages of Volume II. An important treatise on political theory in which Montesquieu's views underlie the American and French revolutions. J. Nourse & P. Vaillant unknown books
17772308270001Geneva: Pellet 1777-79; Neuchatel: La Societe Typographique 1777. troisieme. Hardcover. Very Good. The Organization of Enlightenment Thought: The Revolution in Ideas 41 of 45 volumes. Quartos 25 x 19.5 cm. Bound in handsome catspaw calf. All edges red. Good bindings and covers. Clean unmarked pages. Includes Vol. 1-36 of the Encyclopedie important note: lacks 3 text volumes 23 30 31; Vol. 37-38: Recueil de planches pour la nouvelle edition du dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metiers; lacks the final plate volume v.39 Vol. 40-45 Table Analytique Et Raisonnee Des Matieres. <br> Diderot's famous Encyclopedie was initially a modest translation of Chambers's Cyclopaedia. It grew as a project into a massive project which attempted to collect human knowledge from a rationalistic perspective instead of by nature or theology. In organizing knowledge from a position where human reason was paramount the supremacy of the Church was imperiled. As a result the Encyclopedie was widely controversial and placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum by the Catholic Church. In discussing fundamental philosophical issues such as on political authority and natural rights articles in the Encyclopedie shifted the basis of governmental authority from the divine right of Kings to radical concepts popular consent was the basis of legitimacy and the ideals of a social contract. The work was banned by the King of France. It spread the foundational ideas of the French Revolution and enlightenment thinkers. "No encyclopaedia perhaps has been of such political importance or has occupied so conspicuous a place in the civil and literary history of its century. It sought not only to give information but to guide opinion." "It was a war machine; as it progressed its attacks on both the church and still more on despotic government as well as Christianity itself became bolder and more undistinguished and it was met with persecution and opposition unparalleled in the the history of encyclopedias." - Encyclopedia Britannica 11th ed p. 1483. Geneva: Pellet, 1777-79; Neuchatel: La Societe Typographique hardcover
174962678à Genève Geneva Paris: Barillot & fils Durand 1749. Fine. Barillot & fils Durand à Genève Geneva Paris s. d. 1749 19 x 25 cm 2 volumes reliés 188x251cm Second edition in order of publications. Parisian counterfeit published in January 1749 it would have been printed by Prault; the original extraordinarily rare dates from October 1748. This counterfeit is distinguished by a few points: it reproduces the same pagination errors in the preface as in the first edition. The address only has one R in Barillot. There must be a errata sheet at the end of volume I a detail which attests to the first issue of this second edition. Although rare this counterfeit is much easier to find that the earlier 1748 edition which was mainly sold in England. Contemporary binding in full brown sheep spine in five compartments decorated with gilt panels and fleurons title pieces in red morocco triple blind tool frame on the boards gilt roll tooling on the spine-ends all edges red. Three caps and several corners skillfully restored. Emblematic and flagship book of the 18th century @L'Esprit des lois# The Spirit of the Laws namely the principles and trends by which bills become law will have a decisive influence on political life and will be a guide for the writing of the 1791 constitution and that of the United States. Handwritten ex-libris: Madame de Dumesnil. Barillot & fils[ Durand] hardcover
192620423Paris: Jean Terquem. Printed by R. Colouma 1926. Limited Edition. Full decorated morocco. Chemise or dust jacket with morocco spine and narrow morocco flaps that embrace edge of book proper. Slipcase with marbled paper pastedown on all morocco trim around opening. Fine. Charles Martin. Gorgeous Art Deco full morocco binding with decorative green onlays and gilt lines interlaced in a strapwork-like border the design embedding an "M" for Montesquieu. The binding was done by by Mercier Fils et Pere in 1931. The binding exudes an uncommon presence and solidity the raised bands rounded to perfection. The green and gilt spine decoration is a variation of that on the boards flowing vertically from one compartment to the next as if they were tunneled under the raised bands a form of decoration virtually never encountered and here done to stunning effect. All edges gilt. Original wrappers bound in. No. 168 of 265 copies in the limited edition. 4to. 25.5 by 20 cm. xii 294 2 pp. With 20 engraved plates each in two states one colored the other b/w. Leaves are of Vélin de cuves de Rives. The slipcase shows minor wear; the chemise has a few rubbed spots on its raised bands. Overall a beautiful production and our copy of the book itself is near flawless. A penciled note in the front states that this copy was presented by H.R.H. the late Duke of Kent to the Red Cross. Besides the fact it doesn't state when this presentation was made and thus which Duke of Kent might have done so we question why the book would have been so presented and thus discount the written assertion. Jean Terquem. Printed by R. Colouma unknown
17922006<p><strong>A masterpiece of French Enlightenment in Catherine's Russia: very rare early translation of Montesquieu the first illustrated. </strong></p><p>Completed in 1721 this important piece of French literature recounts in 161 letters the experiences of two Persian noblemen Usbek and Rica as they travel through France between 1712 and 1720. The two protagonists write to friends and mullahs commenting on numerous aspects of western Christian society particularly French politics and the Moors ending with a biting satire of the system of John Law.</p><p>The work therefore provides a subtle critique of the Ancien Régime disguised as the observations of naive foreigners. The Lettres persanes was an immediate success and has since been frequently reedited and imitated.</p><p>In Russia the text circulated widely among upper classes but it was available only in the original French or in other western European languages. The first complete Russian translation by Fiodor Pospelov was published in 1789 without any illustration after a few extracts had appeared in 1782. This was followed closely by the present edition with the text newly translated by the retired collegiate councillor Efim Roznotovskii 173792. Interestingly and paradoxically both editions appeared during the heights of the French Revolution which prompted in Catherine's Russia some clampdown on free-thought - the 1789 edition being even published by the State Academy of Sciences! There will not be any further edition in the 18th century.</p><p>Our edition is illustrated on the title page by an interpretation of Dassier's famous profile of Montesquieu captioned with the author's name in Russian. It was engraved by Johann Christoph Nabholz 1752-c. 1796 a German artist who then lived in St. Petersburg and produced many portraits of the aristocracy. This portrait was not included in the extensive study<em> Portraits de Montesquieu. Répertoire analytique</em> by A. Ehrard Presses universitaires Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand 2014.</p><p><strong>Very rare.</strong> WorldCat locates only two copies in the libraries of Harvard and Cambridge Universities while Svod. Kat. mentions 5 copies in Russian libraries.</p><p><strong>Physical description:</strong> Two parts in a vol. small 8vo 19 x 11.5 cm. Title with portrait of Montesquieu engraved by I.K. Nabholz and 563 pp. Contemporary Russian calf black and red morocco label to spine lettered in blind contemporary Russian patterned 'zig-zag' endpapers.</p><p><strong>Condition: </strong>Binding rubbed and worn block a bit shaken but solid; some small marginal repairs to leaves small loss of text 1-2 letters partly restored in contemporary writing on pp. 131-132 134 511-514 corners of pp. 497-498 and 563-564 torn off not affecting text occasional contemporary inscriptions one in different hand from 1935 to upper fly leaf.</p><p><strong>Bibliography:</strong> Obolian. p.632 #264 "Persidskiia pesni"!!; Sopikov 6303; Svod. Kat. XVIII 4334 illustrated; the portrait not mentioned in Rovinskii Slovar Russ. Graverov 461-64.</p> Shnor, Sankt Peterburg,
1796545965 vol. grands in-4 ( 23 x 30,3 cm en marges) reliure postérieure premier partie XIXe demi-chagrin vert, Chez Plassan, Régent-Bernard et Grégoire, De l'Imprimerie de Plassan, Paris, l'An IV, 1796, Tome I : 5 ff., LXXX-406 pp. avec portrait de Montesquieu en frontispice et 2 cartes dépliantes ; Tome II : 2 ff., 468-XIV pp. ; Tome III : 2 ff., 466-IV pp. avec une planche hors texte ; Tome IV : 2 ff., 487-IV pp. avec deux planches hors texte ; Tome V : 2 ff., 471-IV pp. avec 10 planches hors texte
LCS-18587Des bibliothèques du chef Vendéen Jacques-Aubin Gaudin de La Bérillais et Giraud Badin, avec ex-libris. A Paris, rue S. Jacques, Chez Huart & Moreau fils, Libraires de la Reine, & Libraires-Imprimeurs de Monseigneur le Dauphin, à la Justice & au grand Saint Basile, 1748. 1 volume de 3 ff., 365 pp. et 3 pp. In-12 maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné, filet sur les coupes, tranches dorées. Reliure en maroquin de l’époque. 168 x 97 mm.
LCS-18350Ouvrage imprimé sur papier fin de Hollande et relié en maroquin rouge de l’époque, condition rare. A Paris, rue S. Jacques, Chez Huart & Moreau fils, Libraires de la Reine, & Libraires-Imprimeurs de Monseigneur le Dauphin, à la Justice & au grand Saint Basile, 1748. 3 ff., 365 pp. et 3 pp. 1 volume in-12 maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats. Dos à nerfs orné. Filet sur les coupes. Tranches dorées. Reliure en maroquin de l’époque. 168 x 97 mm.
174846405825Genève, chez Barillot et Fils, (1748) ; 2 volumes in-4, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs avec beau décor doré, tranches rouges. 4 ff. n. ch., XXIV pp., 522 pp., 1 f. errata - 2 ff., XVI pp., 564 pp.SECONDE ÉDITION, imprimée à Paris, par Prault. C’est une contrefaçon de la première édition de Genève parue la même année. Il en a été fait trois tirages, celui-ci étant le premier, avec le f. d’errata. Le nom de Barrillot est orthographié avec un seul r. - Tchemerzine VIII, 459-460 - Rochebilière Claudin et Place n°797.Le premier possesseur de cet exemplaire a corrigé à la plume un grand nombre de fautes et de coquilles sur tout le 2e tome, fautes non signalées dans l’errata.Bel exemplaire en plein veau de l’époque, une coiffe un peu émoussée et 2 courtes fentes à une charnière.
173046402087Amsterdam, J. Desbordes, 1730 ; 2 tomes en 1 volume in-12, vélin ivoire à rabats, tranches bleues. (Reliure de l’époque.) 312 pp., 347 pp.Troisième édition. Il s’agit de la réimpression page pour page et ligne pour ligne de la seconde, les caractères et les fleurons sont aussi les mêmes que l’édition de 140 lettres datée de 1721 mais probablement antidatée (elle serait de 1723.) La seconde édition est la première à laquelle l’auteur a pris une grande part, l’ordre des lettres diffère entièrement de la première et de ses contrefaçons. Cette troisième édition comme toutes les éditions précoces de ce livre a été contrefaite. Il s’agit ici de la véritable troisième édition avec 312 pp. au tome 1 et la bonne marque. En fait, J. Desbordes à Amsterdam est probablement la vraie adresse de la seconde édition qui a paru sous la fausse adresse de Cologne, chez Jacques Marteau.Tchemerzine VIII, p. 452 – Claudin 776 – Très bel exemplaire. Ex-libris armorié Sack.
177216580Paris, Le Mire, 1772. In-4 de [3]-VII-104 pages, plein maroquin cerise à grains longs, dos à nerfs orné de filet et fleuron dorés, roulette dorée en encadrement des plats, double filet aux coupes et dentelle dorée aux chasses, tranches dorées. Séduisante reliure de l'époque joliment conservée.
208408Genève [Paris], Barillot, & fils, s.d. (1749) 2 vol. in-4, [4] ff. n. ch. (faux-titre & titre, deux premiers ff. de la préface), XXIV-522 pp., un feuillet non chiffré d'errata ; [2] ff. n. ch. (faux-titre & titre), XVI-564 pp., veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièces de titre et de tomaison cerise, encadrement de double filet à froid sur les plats, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Restaurations aux coiffes et aux coins. Quelques discrètes mouillures (T.I).
17969027Paris, Plassan, 1796. 5 volumes in-4 (320 x 235 mm), 6 ff. n. ch., LXXX pp., 406 pp. ; 2 ff. n. ch., 468 pp., XIV pp. ; 2 ff. n. ch., IV pp., 466 pp. ; 2 ff. n. ch., 487 pp., IV pp. ; 2 ff. n. ch., 471 pp., IV pp. Demi-maroquin rouge à grain long, dos lisse à faux nerfs dorés, non ébarbés, dos un peu passés, quelques frottements, rousseurs éparses, pp. 14-15 mal placées après pp. 9-10 au tome I (reliure de l'époque).
