MONTESQUIEU, Claude-Antoine LITTRET
Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu, nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée, & considérablement augmentée par l'auteur. [The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu]
Chez Arkstée & Merkus • [François Richer]|Amsterdam • Leipsick • [Paris] 1758|20.2 x 25.5 cm|Relié
First edition of the complete works of Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède and de Montesquieu, edited by François Richer under the supervision of the author's son. Volumes 1 and 2 contain the celebrated Spirit of the Laws, introduced by a headpiece depicting the 1753 Dassier medal and illustrated with two maps—a world map and one of Europe—in the second volume. This copy is enriched with a frontispiece, painted by Jacques de Sève and engraved by Claude-Antoine Littret, from the 1767 London edition, as well as 10 additional pages containing the "Additions" in volume 3.
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