Considerations sur les causes de la grandeur des romains et de leur decadence.
Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Category
Books
Date
1734
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3232175
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],277,[1]p. ; 8vo. Old Felbrigg shelfmark: [in pencil at front, and at rear] U2. Inscribed in pencil as attribution: "by the abbé Mabby". Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]; also inscribed "W Windham 1742". Binding: eighteenth-century calf; double gilt fillet border; five raised bands; gilt tooled spine; gilt lettered red spine label: Decaden des Romains.
Makers and roles
Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)