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One of 1000 numbered copies of Holland hand-made paper. Etchings by Emile Boilvin. 2 vols. 3/4 blue morocco. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Montesquieu : The Persian Letters. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Montesquieu, [Charles De Secondat] : THE PERSIAN LETTERS
8vo. Xxi, 297 pages. First thus. Printed on fine laid paper. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece engraving of Montesquieu. Illustrated with engraved plates. “With introduction and notes, now completely done into English, from the original by Montesquieu, in one volume ; with nine etchings by M. A. Laluze. ” "Printed for subscribers only. " Montesquieu was an 18yh-century French social and political thinker, a strong influence on American founding fathers. The Persian Letters is a satire, the imaginary correspondence of an Oriental visitor to Paris, looking at the society through the eyes of an outsider. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide of this edition. Lacks covers; flyleaf and frontispiece detached, but present. Damp stained; pages brittle with some warping and tears. Fair condition. (SPEC-1-10) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Montesquieu, [Charles De Secondat] : THE PERSIAN LETTERS. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, used books, livres rares, fine bindings and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |