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1892126521London: Privately published 1892. UK Limited Edition. Octavo two volumes. One of 520 numbered copies this being No. 144 printed for England and America. Publisher's navy cloth paper spine title labels gilt top page edges all other edges deckle. With a portrait and eight etchings all present by Charles Edouard de Beaumont and two illuminated Persian designs. <br/><br/>Montesquieu 1689-1755 was a French political thinker and philosopher as well as a social commentator during the Enlightenment. His theories of separation of powers feudalism and his perspective on the Byzantine Empire have established his role as precursor for many fields of social anthropology including slavery reformation. These volumes comprise an excellent early example of an epistolary novel. <br/><br/>Each volume with light foxing throughout two Honduran postage stamps on the front pastedowns a few contemporary owner ink stamps and small blindstamps on some of the preliminary and rear pages a two small chips at one of the paper spine labels with light shelfwear overall else Near Fine. Privately published unknown books
1829D11985London: to be had at the Principal Booksellers and Printshops 1829. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary gilt-ruled blue calf gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands a.e.g. inside gilt dentelles decorative endpapers; volumes 1-4 12mo. Richly illustrated with etchings by Reveil. Leaves printed illustrated and numbered on the recto only. Text in French. Front board of Volume 2 detached. Front board of Volume 4 heavily scratched and spine lettering chipped. Otherwise all volumes a bit scuffed along joints and edgs of boards; lightly chipped at spine tips; some light foxing to prelims and terminals but overall internally bright and clean. A pretty little set worthy of repair. <br/><br/> to be had at the Principal Booksellers and Printshops hardcover books
18841336945New York: J. W. Bouton 1884. New and Complete Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xvi 516 pages; VG-; bound in three quarter brown calf spine rebacked in matching calf paneled spine with gilt titling; some rubbing and wear to binding including scrapes to spine primarily to ridges; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; frontispiece offset onto title page; lacking ads in rear; shelved case 12. The Laulauze illustrations were first published in the 1879 French edition.; For this edition 500 sheets were printed 300 for the UK and 200 for the US.;. 1336945. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. J. W. Bouton hardcover books
1884D11324London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary full morocco ornately gilt-stamped on boards and spine a.e.g.; 4to; pp. viii 304 plus frontispiece and 24 plates. Translated from the French. Spine and edges of boards scuffed and lightly bumped; small chip at fore-edge of upper board. Small ink scribble in margin of p. 3; some foxing here and there but overall internally nice and clean. A lavish production. <br/><br/> J. C. Nimmo and Bain hardcover books
1819001587London: J. Bumpus 1819. Very Good. 8vo. xvii 384 pp. With nine of ten hand colored aquatint plates. Since there is no evidence in the form of offsetting of the missing plate it may never have been bound into this particular copy. Notwithstanding its omission the scarcity of this work of English caricature and illustration from Regency England make this a desirable copy. Prideaux 348. Small repair to the top of one plate a tiny chip on another and and a few text pages with a repair. Heavy offsetting onto text pages of plates. Otherwise internally quite clean. Attractively bound in three quarter red morocco. <br/><br/> J. Bumpus unknown books
1876D1036Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1876. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes with original wraps in one sumptous binding. Red morocco with gilt-stamped border on boards gilt-stamped lettering and elaborate gilt-tooling on spine 5 raised bands t. e. g. inside gilt dentelles marbled endpapers place-holder ribbon. <br/><br/> Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover books
18907502Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1890. Hardcover. Fine. Full red morocco with elaborate gilt stamping on boards and spine gilt-stamped lettering on spine t. e. g. inside gilt dentelles marbled endpapers. Each volume housed in a custom clamshell box half red cloth and marbled paper. Both volumes are without flaw. Please be advised that these two heavy volumes MAY INCUR ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES. <br/><br/> Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover books
1883174158Paris: E. Plon et Cie imprimeurs-editeurs 1883. Leather bound. VG only with some wear to cover tips and ancient and faint spotting here and there on leather light wear to hinges still very tight. Pages are extremely fresh. A beautiful binding in red. Full Red leather with 5 raised-bands t.e.g. plain end-papers. Original vellum binding bound-in at front and rear. 414 pages lxxxii leaves of plates : illustrations in the forms of etchings heliogravures woodcuts etc. Title printed in red and black./ "L'ouvrage renferme seize eaux-fortes de Paul Le Rat une eau-forte de Bandran.--Vingt-cinq héliogravures de Dujardin quatre héliogravures de Lemercier quarante dessins de Kreutzberger gravés par Guillaume frères deux gravures sur bois de Peulot"--Half title page verso./ "Appendices": pages 377-401. In a full-leather Zaehnsdorf binding with expectional gilt tooling and features. Shipping weight is 16 pounds. E. Plon et Cie, imprimeurs-editeurs hardcover books
