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[MONTESQUIEU (Charles de Secondat de). De L'Esprit des loix, ou Du Rapport que les loix doivent avoir avec la constitution de chaque gouvernement, les moeurs, le climat, la religion, le commerce, &c. To which the author has added new research on the Roman laws of succession, on French laws, & on feudal laws. Genève [Paris], Barillot, & fils, sd (1749). 2 vol. in-4 of [4] ff, XXIV-522 pp., [1] f. ; [2] ff, XVI-564 pp. Marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, red title and tom. pages, speckled edges (period binding). Restorations to headpieces and corners. Some discreet dampening in Volume I. Second edition, in fact a Parisian counterfeit of the original, with a single r in Barrillot's name at the address, and the same ciphering errors in the Preface as in the original. It appeared at the end of January 1749, and is more commonly found in France than the princeps edition of October 1748, which was mainly sold in London and England.

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[MONTESQUIEU (Charles de Secondat de). De L'Esprit des loix, ou Du Rapport que les loix doivent avoir avec la constitution de chaque gouvernement, les moeurs, le climat, la religion, le commerce, &c. To which the author has added new research on the Roman laws of succession, on French laws, & on feudal laws. Genève [Paris], Barillot, & fils, sd (1749). 2 vol. in-4 of [4] ff, XXIV-522 pp., [1] f. ; [2] ff, XVI-564 pp. Marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, red title and tom. pages, speckled edges (period binding). Restorations to headpieces and corners. Some discreet dampening in Volume I. Second edition, in fact a Parisian counterfeit of the original, with a single r in Barrillot's name at the address, and the same ciphering errors in the Preface as in the original. It appeared at the end of January 1749, and is more commonly found in France than the princeps edition of October 1748, which was mainly sold in London and England.

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