De L'Esprit des Loix - Nouvelle Edition (Oeuvres de Montesquieu) Vols1-4 in Two Books. [DATED "AN IV" FOR YEAR 4 IN THE REPUBLICAN CALENDAR]
by Montesquieu
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1893766101
- ISBN 13
- 9781893766105
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Favre, Libraire / B. - Duchesne, Imprimeur, 1795. Leather Bound. Fair/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 24mos. 428 [But 228], 240; 227, 134 [But 234] pages. The bindings measure 5 1/4 inches tall by 3 1/4 inches wide. Hardcovers bound in early 3/4 leather with grey and green marbled paper-covered boards. The bindings are quite rubbed and worn with scuffing about the edges and some abrasions to the hinges. Scuffs and wear to the spines. There are a few little chips along the hinges, but the bindings are still sound. The text is toned and foxed with some heavier browning and soiling at the front of Volume I. Volumes I & II in the first book and III & IV in the second book, and there are two title pages per book. Each volume is dated "An IV" for "Year 4" as used in the Republican Calendar. This system was in use during the French Republic from about 1792 until 1805 (Year XIV). Contains an engraved frontispiece at the front of Volume I. "Oeuvres de Montesquieu" on the half titles. Text is in French. A scarce Paris edition from the time of the French Republic.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050188
- Title
- De L'Esprit des Loix - Nouvelle Edition (Oeuvres de Montesquieu) Vols1-4 in Two Books. [DATED "AN IV" FOR YEAR 4 IN THE REPUBLICAN CALENDAR]
- Author
- Montesquieu
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1893766101
- ISBN 13
- 9781893766105
- Publisher
- Favre, Libraire / B. - Duchesne, Imprimeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1795
- Size
- 24mo - over 5 - 5¾"
- Keywords
- 1795; Montesquieu; Spirit of Laws; De L'Esprit des Loix; French; Philosophy; Government; Laws; Law; Classic; Leather Bindings; 18th Century; History; General Antiquarian; Rare; Collectible.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; Philosophy;
- X weight
- 1.5 lb
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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