Montesquieu - De l'Esprit des loix

[MONTESQUIEU (Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de)]. On the Spirit of the Laws, or on the relation that laws must bear to the constitution of each government, to manners, to climate, to religion, to commerce, etc. To which the author added new research on Roman laws concerning succession, on French laws, and on feudal laws. New edition reviewed and corrected. Amsterdam, at Chatelain, 1749. 4 volumes in-12: [12]-VI-[14]-348; [20]-386; [18]-382; [14]-400 pages. 11x17 cm. One of the editions published the year following the original of Geneva (1748), at the moment when the great success of the work multiplied reissues. Founding work of modern political science, The Spirit of the Laws presents the theory of climates, the classification of governments, and the principle of the separation of powers, which inspired the American and French constitutions. Contemporary full calf binding, spine with raised bands, title and volume labels, red edges. State: heads and corners worn, some scuffing and stains on the boards; interior fresh with scattered foxing.

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