375 - MONTESQUIEU (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de).

MONTESQUIEU (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de). The Works of Monsieur de Montesquieu, New edition, revised, corrected, and considerably expanded by the author. London: Nourse, 1767. Three vols. in-4, in full marbled calf of the period. Spine with five raised bands, panels framed by a double fillet and decorated with gilt pomegranates, with title label and volume number on brown and maroon morocco. Double gilt fillet with cutwork and roulette decoration on the caps. All edges red. New edition based on the 1758 edition using the author’s manuscripts, prepared by Richer, corrected by Moreau, Montesquieu’s former secretary, and expanded to include the *Lettres familières*. Illustrated with a portrait of Montesquieu by Jacques de Sève, engraved by Claude-Antoine Littret, on the frontispiece of Volume 1. Enriched with two fold-out maps by Robert de Vaugondy, also in the first volume. An ex-libris is present on the endpaper. Some very slight natural wear to the binding, scattered foxing, but the interior is fresh. Overall, in very good condition.