MONTESQUIEU - Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur d - Lot 99

MONTESQUIEU - Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence. New edition, revised, corrected & enlarged by the author. To which has been appended a dialogue between Sylla and Eucrate. Paris, Chez Durand, 1755; in-12, 368 pp, contemporary marbled binding, smooth spine decorated, edges painted red, beige morocco title page. Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu was an 18th-century French political thinker and moralist. After studying philosophy, he became President of the Bordeaux Parliament. A keen scientist, he began by publishing scientific works on echoes, glands and gravity. He then turned to philosophy and literature. He traveled widely and became a mason. He published L'Esprit des Lois and began contributing to the Encyclopédie, but went blind and died in 1755. Fine edition with frontispiece. The text "Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate" is added at the end of the volume. Good condition. Expert : M. Philippe HENRY