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[MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES DE SECONDAT, Baron de.] De l'Esprit des Loix. [8], xxiv, 522, [2]; [4], xvi, 564 pages, including half-titles and errata leaf. 2 volumes. 4to, 256x195 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, spine ends slightly chipped, Volume 1 front joint cracked at bottom; attractive set, generally clean internally. Booklabels of Helmut Friedlaender. Geneva: Bar[r]illot, & Fils, nd [i. e., Paris: Prault, circa 1748?]
Second edition of Montesquieu's classic comparative study of political institutions, "a great influence on the framing of the American Constitution, and . . . one of the key texts for the liberal tradition in Europe" (NOCLF); first issue, with the errata leaf at the end of Volume 1. Tchemerzine (1977) IV, 930a; Printing and the Mind of Man 197 (1748 Geneva original edition).
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