Null Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755). P.S. …

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Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755). P.S. with 4 autograph lines, Bordeaux March 7, 1749; 1page oblong in-4 (fragment). Receipt at the bottom of a document whose upper part is missing, listing sums due from 1743 to 1748 for farm income, including rye (the price per bushel rises over the years from 4 to 9 livres), and annuities. At the bottom, Montesquieu writes the receipt: "Jay receu de Monsieur France la somme de cent cinquante livres neuf sols et de son argent pour les rentes que la maison de la Saute fait au chateau de la Brede ce sept mars mill sept cent quarante neuf"...

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Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755). P.S. with 4 autograph lines, Bordeaux March 7, 1749; 1page oblong in-4 (fragment). Receipt at the bottom of a document whose upper part is missing, listing sums due from 1743 to 1748 for farm income, including rye (the price per bushel rises over the years from 4 to 9 livres), and annuities. At the bottom, Montesquieu writes the receipt: "Jay receu de Monsieur France la somme de cent cinquante livres neuf sols et de son argent pour les rentes que la maison de la Saute fait au chateau de la Brede ce sept mars mill sept cent quarante neuf"...

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[MONTESQUIEU] - Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence. Paris, Chez David, 1755; in-12, frontispiece by Eisen, II-368 pp, contemporary full marbled calf binding, 5-rib spine, edges painted red, red morocco title-piece. Fine edition with frontispiece. The text "Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate" is added at the end of the volume. Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was an 18th-century French political thinker and moralist. After studying philosophy, he became President of the Bordeaux Parliament. A keen scientist, he began by publishing scientific works on echoes, glands and gravity. He then turned to philosophy and literature. He traveled widely and became a mason. He publishes L'Esprit des Lois and begins collaborating on the Encyclopédie, but goes blind and dies in 1755. Consultant : Mr. Philippe HENRY

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MONTESQUIEU - De l'esprit des loix. Paris, Éditions Stéréotype d'après le procédé de Firmin Didot, de Pierre Didot l'ainé e, anXII (1804); in-18, 277 + 290 + 246 + 264 + 266 pp. stapled, in dust jacket. All 3 volumes. Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, famous 18th-century French political thinker and moralist, became president of the Bordeaux parliament after studying philosophy. With a passion for science, he began by publishing scientific works on subjects such as echo, glands and gravity, before turning to philosophy and literature. Montesquieu traveled widely and even became a mason. He published L'Esprit des Lois and began contributing to the Encyclopédie. He ended his life blind and died in 1755. Consultant : Mr. Philippe HENRY

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

MARTIN (Charles) - MONTESQUIEU. Lettres persanes de Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu. Preceded by a foreword by Paul Valéry. Paris: Jean Terquem, 1926. - In-4, 248 x 183: frontispiece, (6 ff. first 2 blank), XI, 293 pp. (3 ff. last 2 blank), 19 plates, printed cover. Jansenist red morocco, ribbed spine, blue morocco lining decorated with gilded fillets and dotted lines, red moiré silk endpapers, double endpapers, gilded edges, slipcase (G. Levitzky). Fine edition printed at 265 copies on Rives vellum, illustrated with more than 150 woodcut letterplates and 20 original color hors texte etchings by Charles MARTIN (1884-1934). ONE OF THE 20 FIRST EDITED EXAMPLES (no. 2) : - a suite of second state etchings in black with remarks, - a suite of etchings in the first state in black with remarks, - a suite of crossed-out etchings, - a color decomposition of one of the etchings, - an original signed engraving drawing, - 7 original lettering drawings, - a print order for one of the copperplates. The decomposition, the original drawing and the bon à tirer concern here the second plate of the work, located opposite page 12. The crossed-out gilt copper plate is missing. A very fine copy in Levitsky's lined binding.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu

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