De l'esprit des lois,
Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Category
Books
Date
1803
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3069711
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v. bound in 3v. 12mo.. 3rd vol contains early 19th century MS note about additional material bound in. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. - Front pastedown, v.1 inscribed: 'Wilkinson avignon April 1856'. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter vellum, marbled paper sides, recessed cords, gilt-lettered on brown spine label" Esprit de lois 1[-3]'; v.2 has ruled notebook paper as endpapers.
Makers and roles
Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)