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175654472London n. publisher 1756. Small8vo. With contemp. blank yellow papercovers in later hcloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Stamp on title-page. XII249 pp. hardcover
1743111062Cologne : Chez Pierre Marteau 1743. 163x95mm. 215Êpages plein veau de lՎpoque dos ˆ nerfs piÂce de titre fleurons dorÂŽs tranches jaspÂŽes usures aux coins autrement bon ÂŽtat. 308 Chez Pierre Marteau unknown
175213304A Cologne Köln Pierre Marteau 1752. 2 cont. hcalf raised bandsrichly gilt backs. Corners bumped. Title in r/b with 2 engraved titlevignettes. 421410 423810 pp. including 2 halftitles. Printed on good paper. hardcover
17515611Edinbourg Edinburgh: Chez Hamilton Balfour & Neill 1751. 8vo pp. iv 336. Contemporary calf spine divided by double gilt rules red morocco label edges yellow. One leaf torn and sometime repaired a touch of spotting. Somewhat rubbed label partially defective front board marked. Pencil sketches to rear endpapers. An Edinburgh printing of Montesquieu’s influential book on the Roman Empire based on the 1748 revised edition published in Paris. ESTC records 9 locations 7 in the UK and 2 in North America. ESTC T165268. Chez Hamilton, Balfour, & Neill unknown
173597677BB1735 . 2me édition. Amsterdam: Jaques Desbordes 1735. Kl.-8°. 2 277 S. Holzstichvignette auf Titelblatt. Rot/schwarzes Titelblatt. Halbleder. Einband marmoriert. Rückentitel in Goldschrift mit- Filletten. Umlaufender Gelbschnitt. altersgemäss gebräunt; Buchdeckel innen und Vorsätze mit Leimschatten; Rücken beschabt; Kanten etwas berieben; Ecken bestossen; Kopfschnitt angestaubt Charles de Secondat Baron de Montesquieu 1689-1755 Gelehrter. unknown
1749BOOKS202277Lausanne: Marc-Michel Bousquet & Comagnie. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1749. Revised. Leather. Considerations on the causes of the granduer of the Romans and their decadence new re-examined edition corrected & increased by l' author has which one joined a dialogue De Sylla and D' Eucrate . 0 cover rubbed and dry hinges cracked but tight . Marc-Michel Bousquet & Comagnie hardcover
174639020Amsterdam: J. Wetstein 1746. 12mo pp. 190; engraved frontispiece title page printed in red and black; full contemporary calf a couple of stains on back cover spine in 6 compartments red morocco label and 2 paper heart-shaped labels one of which is torn added later to top and bottom compartments "11" in ink on both labels; minor worm holes to leather spine edges rubbed; pages trimmed else a very good copy. OCLC locates 3 copies in the United States at Kansas Florida Atlantic and Bowdoin. See Brunet III 22933 for the first edition of 1734. J. Wetstein unknown
173420012205Amsterdam: Jaques sic Desbordes 1734. Full contemporary calf rebacked with gilt tooled calf leather spine label. Owner's name and "le President de Montesquieu" written in pen on title page very lightly rubbed at cover extremities small indentation scar on rear cover: a very nice VG copy. Small 8mo. Printing and the Mind of Man p 117: ". this was immediately recognized as a major work and it has remained the most popular and widely read of his books." ". neither its style a masterly succintness nor its matter . have lost their value. 1st edition. 1st issue. Title page in red and black. Le Petit p. 493-4. This copy has neither the mispagination error on pp. 101-104 nor the errata page. It does have all errors on pages 129 130 131 & 267. None of these is a cancel sheet. cf Brunet. Jaques [sic] Desbordes 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
1750132221750. A GenÂve Paris chez Barrillot & Fils 1750 - A GenÂve chez Antoine Philibert 1751 - A Berlin s.ÂŽ. 1751. 3 vol. reliÂŽs en un vol. in-12 167 x 103 mm de 207 pp. ; 173 pp. et 1 f. de catalogue ÂŽditeur in fine ; 1 f. n.fol. et 76 pp. Reliure dÂŽbut XIXÂme de demi-chagrin glacÂŽ havane filet et filet sinuso•dal verticaux ˆ froid portÂŽs sur les plats dos lisse ornÂŽ de filets dorÂŽs roulettes dorÂŽes et ˆ froid titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en tÂte et queue. Recueil composite renfermant trois prÂŽcieux textes en originale dont La DÂŽfense de l'Esprit des loix de Montesquieu. La publication de l'Esprit des lois 1748 souleva un concert de louanges mais aussi une campagne de critiques qui devait aboutir ˆ sa mise ˆ l'Index en 1751. Le philosophe prÂŽconisait avec insistance une franche sÂŽparation du politique et du religieux. Dans sa DÂŽfense il rÂŽtorque que l'ouvrage est un livre de droit non de thÂŽologie. in Rahir. ''Montesquieu avait rÂŽsolu de ne rÂŽpondre ˆ aucune des critiques qui seraient faites de L'Esprit des lois ; mais il ne put passer sous silence les attaques d'un auteur anonyme Joseph de La Porte qui dans un journal l'avait dÂŽchirÂŽ avec fureur et le peignait comme un athÂŽe. Il lui importait de repousser les insinuations calomnieuses du gazetier ecclÂŽsiastique. Il voulait en Âme temps rÂŽfuter d'avance les thÂŽologiens de la Sorbonne qui peu contents de quelques passages de L'Esprit des lois allaient procÂŽder ˆ une censure de cet ouvrage. C'est dans ce double but qu'il ÂŽcrivit sa DÂŽfense modÂle de discussion solide et de plaisanterie lÂŽgÂre. La Beaumelle a publiÂŽ une suite de cette DÂŽfense''. in QuÂŽrard. ''L'ouvrage constitue une rÂŽponse aux critiques de l'abbÂŽ de La Porte dans les Nouvelles ecclÂŽsiastiques de la France de 1749 et dans le Journal des savants de 1750. Celui-ci ayant rÂŽpliquÂŽ dans le Journal de TrÂŽvoux il lui fut rÂŽpondu par M. de La Beaumelle par une Suite de la DÂŽfense de l'esprit des Loix Ã.''. in Graesse. Barbier III Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes 615 puis IV 575-b - Pour la DÂŽfense de l'Esprit des Lois : Tchemerzine VIII Bibliographie d'ÂŽditions originales et rares d'auteurs franÂais 461 - Rahir La BibliothÂque de l'amateur p. 550 - Graesse IV TrÂŽsor de livres rares et prÂŽcieux p. 589 - Brunet III Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1860 - QuÂŽrard VI La France littÂŽraire p. 238 - Cioranescu II Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme 46140. LÂŽgers frottements affectant le papier marbrÂŽ des plats. Quelques feuillets lÂŽgÂrement brunis. Rousseurs ÂŽparses dans le texte. Nonobstant bel ensemble. b42961 unknown
1758517Amsterdam: Arkstee & Merkus. 1758. Bottom 1/2 inch of spine missing light rubbing to extremities some small surface abrasions text is clean binding solid. Old bookplate on pastedown Cottin de Fontaine - found no record G. ; 16mo mottled calf with gilt lettering and ornamentation on spine marbled endpapers crimson edges ribbon marker 436p. plus 4p. Catalogue des Livres. . Arkstee & Merkus unknown
1751002483Edinbourg: Hamilton Balfour et Neill 1751. .nouvelle édition revue corrigée et augmentée par l'Auteur. A laquelle on a joint un Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate et la Defense de l'Esprit des Loix avec quelques Eclaircissement. -- Un volume in 8o di 4-336 pagine. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle dorso liscio tassello rosa. Rara edizione scozzese delle Considérations seguite dalla Defense de l'Esprit des Loix che era stata pubblicata solo l'anno precedente. Higgs 223. Hamilton, Balfour et Neill unknown
1769995B40Paris: Aux dépens de la Compagnie 1769 . Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4". Not Stated. Full-calf original French edition of Montesquieu's significant glimpse into the rise and fall of the Roman empire. Bound in brown full calf.In the original French. Title can be translated to Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline. From prominent French historian and philosopher Charles de Secondat baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu. First published anonymously in 1734 this detailled text on the complete lifespan of the Roman empire is an important work in the study of the field later inspiring Edward Gibbon's six-volume 1776 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The revised version came in 1748 which Montesquieu crafted himself from his own notes at the time of original publication this 1769 work being a new edition published posthumously. Bound in brown full calf. Contemporary inscription to rear of front free endpaper followed by annotations presumably by the same hand to the rear of the title page. Externally very smart with slight bumping and rubbing minor loss of leather most noticeably along joints and to spine head and tail and a few scattered marks to boards. Internally firmly bound. A few small tears to page edges mainly to page 3. Generally bright and clean copy with light discolouration and the odd spot throughout and heavier spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good Aux dépens de la Compagnie hardcover
1749024094<p>Geneve: Barrillot 1749. Titolo completo: 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 etc. A quoi l'Auteur a ajouté des Recherches niouvelles sur les Loix Romaines touchant les Successions sur les Loix Françaises & sur les Loix Féodales. Nouvelle edition. Corrigé par l'Auteur & augmentée d'une Table des Matieres & d'une Carte Géographique pour servir à l'intelligence des articles qui concernent le Commerce. Volume premier … Second. -Due tomi in un volume in 4° 20x265 cm di XXIV-326pp; 2-XIV-398pp. Carta geografica del mondo ripiegata in fondo. Un taglio al margine bianco della pagina di titolo per togliere una firma che peraltro è presente nella pagina di titolo della Seconda parte. Una nota manoscritta su un foglio ripiegato cioè quattro facciate riporta delle Observations sur le Livre de l'Esprit des Loix tratte dall'Origine du despotisme oriental di Boulanger. Altre note manoscritte per tre fitte pagine sono contenute nell'ultimo foglio bianco e nel foglio bianco dietro la risguardia e sembrano tratte dal Mercure de France del Novembre 1753. Terza edizione. Legatura coeva in tutta pelle dorso a nervi ornato e dorato piccola mancanza di pelle a un angolo tagli rossi. Risguardie in carta marmorizzata. Condizioni molto buone tranne il taglio indicato a un margine bianco per questa preziosa edizione di pochi mesi successiva alla prima.</p> Barrillot
17641801180022Amsterdam et Leipsick Chez Arketee et Merkus 1764. Hardcover. Good. 6 volumes complete. Contemporary mottled calf gilt spine. Marbled endpapers and end pages. Folding map of the world present in Volume I. Rubbing chip loss to spine leather and labels joints split. Ink inscription on half title. Minor toning. Contents: I. Eloge de Montesquieu et Analyse de "l'Esprit des loix" par M. d'Alembert. Discours prononce par M. de Montesquieu lors de sa reception a l'Academie francaise. De l'Esprit des loix I-XI ; II-III. De l'Esprit des loix XII-XXX ; IV. De l'Esprit des loix XXXI. La Defense de "l'Esprit des loix". Remerciements sinceres a un homme charitable attribue a M. de Voltaire. Table de "l'Esprit des loix" ; V. Lettres persanes ; VI. Considerations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence. Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate. Le Temple de Gnide. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Amsterdam et Leipsick, Chez Arketee et Merkus hardcover
17831102070080Chez de Bure 1783. Hardcover. Good. 18mo. Clean unmarked pages. Gold gilt flowers embossed on spine. Good binding and cover. Some wear on the cover. Hardcover. Ships daily. Chez de Bure hardcover
179336Glasgow United Kingdom: Printed by David Niven for J. Duncan & Son; J. & M. Robertson And J. & W. Shaw Bookseller 1793. Leather Bound. pp. xxiv 381; pp. xiv 427. 8vo. Bound in full brown leather with gilt rules lettering and decoration to spine faint marbled foredges. Extremities lightly rubbed some edgewear superficial surface cracks to the spine of Vol. 2; ink name and date to corner of front free endpapers contents remain clean and unmarked with tight sound bindings. Overall very good. Originally published in French as 'De l'esprit des loix' in 1748 it was immediately subject to censorship both by the French authorities as well the Catholic Church where it was added to the Vatican's "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" or List of Prohibited Books. A consequential work of political theory it influenced many outside of France notably Catherine The Great who's "Nakaz" copied more than 400 articles verbatim from the works of Montesquieu; it heavily influenced the Founding Fathers when they gathered for the Constitutional Convention of 1787 where they incorporated many ideas from Montesquie in the drafting of the United States Constitution. <br/><br/> Printed by David Niven for J. Duncan & Son; J. & M. Robertson, And J. & W. Shaw, Bookseller hardcover
179289730Deux-Ponts: Société typographique 1792. Fine. Société typographique Deux-Ponts 1792 10 x 16.8 cm 8 volumes reliés New edition revised corrected and considerably enlarged.Contemporary bindings in half mottled fawn calf over corners smooth spines gilt with fillets morocco title and volume labels brown paper-covered boards sprinkled edges.Some minor rubbing to the spines a few corners slightly bumped.L'Esprit des lois occupies volumes I to IV; La Défense de l'Esprit des lois volume V with a general index; Lettres persanes volume VI; volume VII gathers the Considérations and related pieces; volume VIII contains the posthumous works.This collected edition of Montesquieu's works offers no particular bibliographical peculiarities in its contents but constitutes a very rare Zweibrücken printing bearing the false Saarbrücken imprint: Deux-Ponts was in fact an autonomous and conveniently located printing centre by virtue of its proximity for introducing into France titles that could not otherwise evade censorship. Société typographique hardcover
176777868Londres: Au dépens de l'editeur 1767. Hardcover. Good. The letters LIV LV & LVII suppressed in some editions are included here but numbered LV-LVI LVIII. 12mo: 249 3 pp. Period full calf binding with a red calf spine label decorative gilt stamping and five raised bands. Some occasional light foxing with a bit of chipping along the extremities of each flyleaf. The bookplate of Charles Carroll 1737-1832 appears on the front pastedown. The binding is darkened along the spine and extremities with expert Kozo paper restoration to the spine and along the joints and shallow loss to the corners and tips. Au dépens de l'editeur hardcover
175919135Holborn; and J. Richardson in Pater-Noster Row. Poor. 1759. Hardcover. Rare early English language edition. Lacking front board rear board detached but present backstrip deteriorated with old repair. Binding of textblock is tight. End sheets foxed and soiled with name in antiquated ink on front and rear end sheets. Title page foxed with a few very small and old splatter stains Pages toned with light foxing name in antiquated ink in top margin of first page and a few pencil brackets and numbers in outer margins on a few scattered pages but overall clean and very go pages. A very good candidate for rebinding. . Holborn; and J. Richardson, in Pater-Noster Row. hardcover
175919136Holborn; and J. Richardson in Pater-Noster Row. Poor. 1759. Hardcover. Rare early English language edition. Front board detached but present rear board attached with weak hinge backstrip and boards heavily worn and deteriorated. Binding of textblock is tight. Front paste down has note in Latin in antiquated ink. Lacking front end sheet. Title page soiled damp stained chipped and short tears. Small chips and tears at outer edge of first couple of pages. Pages are heavily foxed with old damp stains some pencil marks and notes. A readable copy. Perhaps a candidate for rebinding because of its rarity with English text. . Holborn; and J. Richardson, in Pater-Noster Row. hardcover
176434991764. : 75 . Part 1: 2 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 92 Roman numbered pages / 324 Pages / 2 Blank pages Part 2: 2 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 20 Roman numbered pages / 412 Pages / 2 Blank pages Part 3: 2 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 12 Roman numbered pages / 420 Pages / 2 Blank pages Part 4: 2 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 7 Roman numbered pages / 1 Blank pages / 240 Pages / 106 Pages / 2 Blank pages Binding: Contemporary Paper Back with Marmered Boards Sextodecimo 16mo Height cm: 16 CM Width cm: 104 CM Thickness cm: 125 CM hardcover
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17811103040096Chez Arkstee et Merkus Amsterdam 1781. Leather Bound. Very Good. Volumes II and V only. Volume II 4 295 3 pp. Volume V 4 527 3 pp. 12mo. Clean unmarked pages with red edges no foxing. Title pages have a hole where the volume number should befrom previous owner. Tight binding. Covers and spines bound in high quality contemporary leather. Corners lightly bumped. Spines in very good condition six compartments separated by raised ridges bright gilt letters and decorations. Hardcover. See our pictures of these volumes. Ships daily. Chez Arkstee et Merkus, Amsterdam hardcover
