56 - MONTESQUIEU (Charles-Louis de Secondat). Reflections on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline. Amsterdam, Jaques Desbordes, 1734. One in-12 volume, in period calfskin, with a decorated ribbed spine. (2) ff., 277 pp., (1) f. of errata.

MONTESQUIEU (Charles-Louis de Secondat). Reflections on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline. Amsterdam, Jaques Desbordes, 1734. One in-12 volume, in period calfskin, with a decorated ribbed spine. (2) ff., 277 pp., (1) f. of errata. Second printing of the original edition, with errata and cardboard-reinforced passages, of one of Montesquieu’s major works, published anonymously 14 years before *The Spirit of the Laws*.