De l'Esprit des Loix by MONTESQUIEU,Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de - 1748
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De l'Esprit des Loix
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MONTESQUIEU,Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de.
De l'Esprit des Loix. Ou du rapport que les Loix doivent avoir avec la Constitution de chaque Gouvernement, les Moeurs, le Climat, la Religion, Le Commerce, &c. à quoi l'Auteur a ajouté Des recherches nouvelles sur les Loix Romaines touchant les Successions, sur les Loix Françoises, & sur les Loix Féodales. Tome Premier [Tome Seconde]
Geneve, chez Barrillot & Fils [1748]
2 volumes, quarto, 24.0 x 19.0 cm, very fine contemporary quarter pale continental, possibly Danish, calf and marbled boards, spines richly gilt, contemporary pale morocco labels lettered gilt, pp.(8), xxiv, 522; (4), xvi, 564, with the half titles to both volumes, printers woodcut to titles, with the cancels E3, F3, F4, Aa, Ff2, Kk2, Sss4 in volume I and a, Hhh in volume II, contemporary ownership in ink on front blanks W.E.Suedelius, an exceptionally fine, near immaculate copy of the true first edition.
Printing & the Mind of Man 197. En Français dans le Texte 138. Kress 4920. Goldsmiths 8375. Tchemerzine,VIII,459 (a).
See Volpilhac-Auger, G.Sabbagh & Weil: Un auteur en quête d'êditeurs? Histoire éditoriale de l'oeuvre de Montesquieu. 2011, pp.47-67, 413-416. It is believed that the first edition was printed in 500 t0 1500 copies, nobody really knows; part of the edition seems to have been seized by customs or lost in transport; in particular a large number of copies sent to England seem to have disappeared. Montesquieu was horrified by the errors he found which explains why no less than four kinds of errata were printed from January 1749 - three of which were destined for the first edition and inserted in the last copies that had been unsold and uncirculated by that time.
FIRST EDITION of Montesquieu's [1689-1755] great L'esprit des loix in which he argued that the best government would be one in which power was balanced among three groups of officials. He thought England - which divided power between the king (who enforced laws), Parliament (which made laws), and the judges of the English courts (who interpreted laws) - was a good model of this. Montesquieu called the idea of dividing government power into three branches the \"separation of powers.\" He thought it most important to create separate branches of government with equal but different powers. That way, the government would avoid placing too much power with one individual or group of individuals. He wrote, \"When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person... there can be no liberty.\" According to Montesquieu, each branch of government could limit the power of the other two branches. Therefore, no branch of the government could threaten the freedom of the people. His ideas about separation of powers became the basis for the United States Constitution.
John Maynard Keynes in the manuscript preface to his French edition of The General Theory described Montesquieu as the greatest French economist: "Montesquieu was the real French equivalent of Adam Smith. The greatest of your economists, head and shoulders above the Physiocrats in penetration, clear-headedness and good sense".
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The History of Napoleon Bonaparte
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France under Louis XIV (Le Grand Siecle) Its arts - its ideas.
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Histoire des Finances Sous la Minorité de Louis XV. Pendant les années 1719 & 1720. Précedée D’un Abrégé de la Vie du Duc Regent, & du sur Sr.Law.
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Histoire des Finances Sous la Minorité de Louis XV. Pendant les années 1719 & 1720. Précedée D'un Abrégé de la Vie du Duc Regent, & du sur Sr.Law. Tome Premier – Tome Sixieme.
La Haye, chez Pierre du Hondt 1739
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École de politique, ou collection, par ordre de matières
by DUGOUR, Antoine Jeudy
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Antoine Jeudy Dugour's 'School of Politics' is a collection of speeches, treatises, essays, and discussions present during the French National Assembly of 1789-1792. These works, written and spoken by a variety of figures, focus primarily around the events of the French Revolution.
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DUGOUR, Antoine Jeudy
École de politique, ou collection, par ordre de matières
A Paris: chez Gattey ..., [1792].
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Remarques historiques, philologiques, critiques et litteraires, sur quelques locutions, proverbes et dictons populaires inedits du moyen-age
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The Chevalier Bayard (Pierre Du Terrail)
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MEMOIRES DE MAXIMILIEN DE BETHUNE DUC DE SULLY (3 VOL SET - COMPLETE): Principle Ministre de Henry le Grand, Mis en ordre, avec des Remarques, Par M. L. D. L. D. L.
by Maximilien de Bethune duc de Sully, edited by l'abbe Pierre Mathurin de l"Ecluse des Loges
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Histoire des Finances Sous la Minorité de Louis XV. Pendant les années 1719 & 1720. Précedée D’un Abrégé de la Vie du Duc Regent, & du sur Sr.Law.
by MARMONT DU HAUTCHAMP, Barthélémy
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Histoire des Finances Sous la Minorité de Louis XV. Pendant les années 1719 & 1720. Précedée D'un Abrégé de la Vie du Duc Regent, & du sur Sr.Law. Tome Premier – Tome Sixieme.
La Haye, chez Pierre du Hondt 1739
Twelvemo, 6 volumes bound in 3 volumes, 16.2 x 9.3cm, small octavo, very fine contemporary continental mottled calf, spines richly gilt with fleur-de-lys, red and blue morocco labels lettered gilt, marbled endpapers, leaf edges marbled, original silk page markers, pp. LIV-204 + (2) blank; (2) + 312 + (2) blank; (2) + 208 + (2) blank; (2) + 286 + (4) blank; (14) + 294 + (4) blank; (18) + 246 + (2) blank, complete with 2 folding tables in volume VI of Billets de Banque...faits en consequence des Arréts...1719-1720 printed on both sides, and the engraved plate Admiré la force in volume IV, titles printed in red and black with printers woodcut devices, woodcut decoration to chapter openings and endings, woodcut initials, insignificant scuffing to back… Read More
Histoire de Louys XII, roy de France, pere du peuple, et des choses memorables aduenües de son regne, dés l'an M D VI, iusques en l'an M D VIII
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During the reign of Louis XII of France, very little was written on the life and efforts of the king. However, Louis XII did employ an historian, Jean d'Auton, to chronicle French military battles and extraordinary events that occurred during his reign. Along with Claude de Seyssel, Auton's annals were some of the few histories written on Louis XII's reign.
This volume from Auton's history covers the years 1506 to 1508 and includes biographical descriptions of important French figures including:
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Henry VII of England
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This 1615 first edition was collected and edited by Theodore Godefroy who published the work under the title 'Histoire de Louys XII'.
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Histoire de Louys XII, roy de France, pere du peuple, et des choses memorables aduenües de son regne, dés l'an M D VI,… Read More
Ioan. Iac. Chiffletii... Vesontio Civitas Imperialis Libera, Sequanorvm Metropolis. 2 Bibliotheca Palatina / D185/D187, De Archiepiscopis Bisontinis, Et Aliis Civitatis Bisontinae Ecclesiasticis Rebvs. Praemisimvs Archiepiscoporvm nomina, quae partem hanc posteriorem capitum loco distingunt.
by CHIFFLET, Jean-Jacques
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Jean-Jacques Chifflet was a 17th-century French antiquarian from Besançon. While Chifflet was known for being a scholar on several studies, he is best remembered for his first published book 'Vesontio Civitas Imperialis'. This book is a reference on the civil and religious history of Besançon, France.
This rare two-part first edition includes a fine engraving of the arms of Besançon, engraved by Pierre de Loisy in addition to the in-text woodcuts throughout.
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CHIFFLET, Jean-Jacques
Ioan. Iac. Chiffletii... Vesontio Civitas Imperialis Libera, Sequanorvm Metropolis. 2 Bibliotheca Palatina / D185/D187, De Archiepiscopis Bisontinis, Et Aliis Civitatis Bisontinae Ecclesiasticis Rebvs. Praemisimvs Archiepiscoporvm nomina, quae partem hanc posteriorem capitum loco distingunt.
Lugduni: Apud Claudium Cayne, 1618. 1st edition
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Chantilly au XVIIIe Siecle.
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The History of Madame Roland: With Engravings
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
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First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.
Trois semaines en voyage, France, Bords du Rhin, Belgique
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La République - Conditions de la Régénération de la France
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Death on the Installment Plan
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1883 Vie et des Moeurs de Mademoiselle Cronel; dite Fretillon. Tome 1 & 2 In one Volume (Life and of Manners of Miss Cronel; known as Fretillon)
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L'aiglon.: Il a été tité 180 exemplaires numérotés à la presse sur pavier du japon.
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