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1797WRCLIT84420London: Printed for J. Wright . 1797. viii9-225pp. Small octavo. Contemporary sheep spine ruled in gilt gilt spine label. Early ink name on title slightly later printed bookplate on front pastedown pencil annotations to front free endsheet extremities rubbed and a bit chipped and worn; internally very good and crisp. An uncommon edition of this translation of one of the author's widely read gallant works first published anonymously in Paris in 1725 and represented as a translation from ancient Greek. ESTC locates 7 copies all but the BL copy in North America. ESTC:T89823. Printed for J. Wright .. unknown books
1892293230London: Privately Printed 1892. hardcover. very good. Newly Translated into English with Notes and Memoir of the Author by John Davidson. With portrait and eight etchings by Ed. de Beaumont engraved by E. Boilvin. 2 volumes 8vo ornately 3/4 brown morocco ornately gilt spine top of volume 2 bumped. London: Privately Printed 1892. A very good copy of this handsome set.<br/><br/> One of 520 numbered copies with etchings on mounted India paper printed by the Chiswick Press.<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
188593769London: Vizetelly 1885. hardcover. very good. Preface by Octave Uzanne. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Extra illus. title page and illustrated with the original copper-plate engravings from the designs of C. Eisen and Le Barbier. Tall 8vo brown cloth-backed decorative gilt-embossed boards a bit edgeworn; uncut edges. London: Vizetelly no date circa 1885. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Of 850 copies this is one of 200 for the U.S. on handmade paper.<br/><br/> Vizetelly unknown books
1984289398Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1984. hardcover. fine. xvi 671 pages 8vo gilt-decorated blue cloth a.e.g. Franklin Center: The Franklin Library 1984. A fine copy.<br/><br/> The Great Books of the Western World<br/><br/> Franklin Library unknown books
1886492561886. MONTESQUIEU. GRANDEUR ET DECADENCE DES ROMAINS POLITIQUE DES ROMAINS DIALOGUE DE SYLLA ET D'EUCRATE LYSIMAQUE ET PENSEES. Paris: Librairie Firmin-Didot 1886. 12mo. tan quarter-calf leather & marbled boards stamped in gilt. Later Edition. "From the Library Of Le Duc De Richelieu 1875-1952" stamped on half-title page. Good. $75.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
196479632n.p.: Macmillan 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1117p. Original red cloth. Clear acetate jacket. 22cm. Former owner's name. Backstrip faded. French text. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1796SKU1029004France: Chez Gueffier & Langlois 1796. Hardcover. Good. 1796. Volumes 3 4 5. Titles: 3 Esprit Des Loix 4 Lettres Persanes 5 Grandeur et Decadence de Romains. Uniform 3/4 leather bindings with light brown paper boards. All have moderate wear- Volume 5 rear board has a moisture mark otherwise moderate soiling. All have good bindings few pencil notations in the margins. Overall good condition. Feel free to inquire. Chez Gueffier & Langlois hardcover books
1783294758London: Chez De Bure 1783. hardcover. very good. 239 pages errata leaf. 12mo full tan polished calf ornately gilt spine small stain on front cover. London: Chez De Bure fils aine 1783. A very good copy with rather clean pages.<br/><br/> Chez De Bure unknown books
1842667911842. Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field Field Stephen J. 1816-1899. Montesquieu Charles-Louis De Secondat 1689-1755. De L'Esprit des Lois par Montesquieu. Paris: Daguin Freres Libraires 1842. Three volumes. iv vi 508; iv 559; iv 476 pp. Volume I has portrait frontispiece with tissue overlay. Quarter calf over marbled boards gilt titles gilt-edged blind fillets and gilt ornaments to spine marbled endpapers. And Destutt de Tracy Antoine Louis Claude 1754-1836. Commentaire sur L'Esprit des Lois de Montesquieu; Suivi d'Observations Inedites de Condorcet Sur le Vingt-Neuvieme Livre du Meme Ouvrage. Edition Entierement Conforme a celle Publiee a Liege en 1817. Paris: Delaunay Libraire Palais-Royal 1819. xvi 476 pp. Quarter morocco over textured cloth raised bands gilt title and gilt ornament to spine marbled endpapers. Octavo 8" x 5". Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities some wear to spine ends and corners a few hinges starting. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places occasional light foxing faint dampstaining to a few leaves lower corners of rear free endpaper of each book removed fragments of later owner label to foot of spines fragments of later bookplates to front pastedowns another later bookplate to each front free endpaper. Book ticket of Stephen J. Field to front pastedowns of Volume I and II of De L'Esprit des Lois and Commentaire his signature and "Paris/ Nov 1848" to front endleaf of each volume of De L'Esprit des Lois. $1500. L'Esprit: later edition; Commentaire: third edition. Montesquieu's classic study of the English Constitution and the most important commentary on that work were acquired during a trip to Paris by Stephen Johnson Field then a lawyer about to move to California. Following the Gold Rush to California in 1848 Field served in local government the California's state legislature and the Supreme Court of California He was the principal draftsman of the 1851 California Practice Act. Appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1863 he remained on the bench until 1897. One of the great justices of the nineteenth century he had a lasting influence on Constitutional law through his co. unknown books
18551330864Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères 1855. Hardcover. Octavo 345 pages; VG-; quarter bound in brown leather paneled spine has gilt lettering and tolling; binding has moderate wear along the top and bottom edges with a small piece missing from the top of the spine heavy fraying and bumping on the fore edge corners; pages have minor age toning; shelved case 10. 1330864. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères hardcover books
