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[MONTESQUIEU (Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de)]. Lettres persanes. Nouvelle édition, augmentée par l'Auteur de plusieurs Lettres & d'une Table des Matières. Amsterdam and Leipsick, Arkstée & Merkus, 1761. 2 volumes in one vol. in-12 tan calf, spines decorated with gilded heraldic irons with the Golden Fleece, title-pieces (period binding). Covers and corners worn, spine faded, stains and spotting on boards. A rare and sought-after provenance, bearing the figure of the baron de LONGEPIERRE (Hilaire-Bernard de Requeleyne, baron de Longepierre et seigneur de La Villeneuve, 1659-1721), an often-disputed literary scholar, court man and great bibliophile. With no descendants at his death, he bequeathed his books to his friend Louis-Antoine de Noailles (1651-1729), archbishop of Paris and later cardinal. "The bindings of the Longepierre library, remarkable for the insignia of the Toison d'Or with which they are decorated, enjoy the same credit with connoisseurs as those which advertise the books of Groslier, President de Thou, Count d'Hoym, etc. They are, in general, of the highest quality. They are, in general, of great perfection in their simplicity, and, as this library, of admirable choice, does not appear to have ever been very extensive, they very rarely appear at sales." (Charles Nodier. Bibliothèque de M. G. de Pixerécourt. Paris, 1839, p. 1)

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[MONTESQUIEU (Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de)]. Lettres persanes. Nouvelle édition, augmentée par l'Auteur de plusieurs Lettres & d'une Table des Matières. Amsterdam and Leipsick, Arkstée & Merkus, 1761. 2 volumes in one vol. in-12 tan calf, spines decorated with gilded heraldic irons with the Golden Fleece, title-pieces (period binding). Covers and corners worn, spine faded, stains and spotting on boards. A rare and sought-after provenance, bearing the figure of the baron de LONGEPIERRE (Hilaire-Bernard de Requeleyne, baron de Longepierre et seigneur de La Villeneuve, 1659-1721), an often-disputed literary scholar, court man and great bibliophile. With no descendants at his death, he bequeathed his books to his friend Louis-Antoine de Noailles (1651-1729), archbishop of Paris and later cardinal. "The bindings of the Longepierre library, remarkable for the insignia of the Toison d'Or with which they are decorated, enjoy the same credit with connoisseurs as those which advertise the books of Groslier, President de Thou, Count d'Hoym, etc. They are, in general, of the highest quality. They are, in general, of great perfection in their simplicity, and, as this library, of admirable choice, does not appear to have ever been very extensive, they very rarely appear at sales." (Charles Nodier. Bibliothèque de M. G. de Pixerécourt. Paris, 1839, p. 1)

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