Lot n° 173
Estimation :
400 - 500
EUR
MONTESQUIEU (Charles Louis de Secondat de). Œuvres. A Paris, - Lot 173
MONTESQUIEU (Charles Louis de Secondat de). Œuvres. A Paris, Chez Plassan, Régent-Bernard, et Grégoire, & De l'Imprimerie de Plassan, L'An IV - 1796. 5 volumes in-4°, calf, gilt ribbon framing the covers, smooth spine decorated with a wheat sheaf and avian scenes (period binding).
A frontispiece portrait of the author, two folded maps and thirteen engraved plates by DE GHENDT, LANGLOIS, LE MIRE, MALAPEAU, NÉE & PATAS (most in the last volume). Spines faded and rubbed; some foxing, but EXEMPLE ON LARGE VELIN PAPER. "La meilleure et la plus belle des éditions collectives anciennes de Montesquieu" (Tchemerzine, IV, 933); Brunet, III, 1858; Cohen, 731.
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