420 - (Montesquieu, Ch. de Secondat). Le temple de Gnide. Nouvelle Edition. Paris, Le Mire, 1772. 2 leaves, VII, 104 pages. Engraved text throughout with frontispiece, copper title page, head vignette, and 9 copperplate engravings after Charles Eisen of Le Mire. Large octavo. 19th-century marbled leather binding with rich gilt and gilt-stamped cover border (somewhat rubbed).

(Montesquieu, Ch. de Secondat). Le temple de Gnide. Nouvelle Edition. Paris, Le Mire, 1772. 2 leaves, VII, 104 pages. Engraved text throughout with frontispiece, copper title page, head vignette, and 9 copperplate engravings after Charles Eisen of Le Mire. Large octavo. 19th-century marbled leather binding with rich gilt and gilt-stamped cover border (somewhat rubbed). Cohen/Ricci 726; Sander 1384; Fürstenberg 92, 146. - First edition illustrated by Charles Eisen (1720-1778), which also reproduces the text entirely in copperplate engraving in graceful cursive calligraphy. 'Estampes d'une exécution ravissante, comme composition et comme gravure' (Cohen/Ricci).- Frontispiece in the wide white footbridge with faint wet margins.