The Spirit of Laws. Translated from the French of M. De Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

by Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu, Baron de

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First American edition. xvi, 17 -368; viii, 9 -392pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary near uniform sheep, worn, vol. 2 spine vert darkened. Title of vol. 2 torn without loss to text. Shaw and Shoemaker 2682; Sowerby III:2325. Item #369283 The first American edition of Montesquieu's classic work, an enormous influence on American and French revolutionary thought. The Spirit of Laws is “in many ways one of the

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