Persian and Chinese Letters. Being the Lettres Persanes by Charles Louis, Baron De Montesquieu Translated and Introduced by John Davidson.

£32 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With two illustrations: frontispiece, hand-painted photogravure after the painting ‚“Dream of the Orient“ by Benjamin Constant; and photogravure after the painting ‚“The Sword Dance“ by Gerome. Edges uncut. Original publisher’s binding of [low-quality] three-quarter leather and marbled boards. Very good copy with third-rate leather split along bottom half of front joint.

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