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MONTESQUIEU, Charles-Louis de Secondat de la Brède,...

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Persian Letters Amsterdam [Rouen], Pierre Brunel [Charles Ferrand], 1721 Composite edition, published the same year as the original edition 2 volumes in-12 (156 x 91 mm). Titles printed in red and black. Sphere mark on title pages, woodcut headbands and initials. COLLATION: t. I: (1) f., 311 pp.; t. II: (1) f., 347 pp. CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS. T. I: brown calf, framed with cold fillet, spine ribbed and decorated, red speckled edges. T. II: granite basane, ornate ribbed spine, red speckled edges. Marginal loss on one leaf of volume I. Bindings mismatched, with old restorations. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brunet, III, 1860 -- Tchemerzine IV, 921-922