Jacques Barrillot

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...

MONTESQUIEU
De l'esprit des loix [The Spirit of Laws]
Barillot, & fils [Durand], Geneva [Paris] n. d. [1749], in-4 (19 x 25 cm),
(8) XXIV, 522 pp(1) et (4) XVI, 564 pp., contemporary binding
Second edition. A counterfeit of the first edition published by Barrillot (with two ‘r's) in Geneva in 1748. This counterfeit was produced by Laurent Durand and was printed in Paris by Prault, and is – thus – the second printed edition.
Contemporary bindings in full marble sheep. Spines with decorated raise bands. Title- and volumes- pieces in red and Havana morocco.
An emblematic, definitive book of the 18th century, the Spirit of the Laws...

A counterfeit of the first edition published by Barrillot (with two ‘r's) in Geneva in 1748. This counterfeit was produced by Laurent Durand and was printed in Paris by Prault, and is – thus – the second printed edition.

Contemporary light brown speckled calf. Spine in six compartments with frames and gilt fleurons as well as title and volume labels in light brown morocco. Triple gilt fillet frame to covers, gilt frame of dentelles inside covers, all edges red. A few pale light angular dampstains. Trace of dampstaining to upper cover of volume I, small repairs to headpieces, joints (at head and foot) and corners.

An emblematic, definitive book of the...