Tchemerzine-Scheler, IV, 929 ; PMM, 197 ; En fran\u00e7ais dans le texte, 138; Dangeau, 15. \u2013 On the publishing history of De L’Esprit des lois, see : C. Volpilhac-Auger, G. Sabbagh and F. Weil, Un auteur en qu\u00eate d’\u00e9diteurs ? Histoire \u00e9ditoriale de l’\u0153uvre de Montesquieu, Paris, 2011, pp. 24-146.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition of one of the fundamental works of modern political science.<\/span><\/p>\n “In many ways one of the most remarkable works of the 18th century, The Spirit of Law<\/i>, owing in the main to the high plane of generalization on which it is written, defies easy classification and for that reason has never enjoyed a great popularity. So, too, its author puzzled his contemporaries, and very diverse opinions were passed on him and his work even by the philosophes, whose predecessor Montesquieu was… His theories underlay the thinking which led up to the American and French revolutions, and the United States Constitution in particular is a lasting tribute to the principles he advocated ” (PMM).<\/p>\n “Distinguant, selon les degr\u00e9s de libert\u00e9 qu’ils comportent, trois formes de gouvernement, la r\u00e9publique (d\u00e9mocratie et aristocratie), la monarchie et le despotisme”, Montesquieu se livre \u00e0 l’analyse de “la forme de chaque gouvernement pour d\u00e9couvrir les lois propres, c’est-\u00e0-dire fondamentales, \u00e0 chacun, et en d\u00e9duire les lois positives que chacun de ces gouvernements doit adopter” cf. (Louis Desgraves, in : En fran\u00e7ais dans le texte).<\/p>\n This copy with all the cancels as described by Tchemerzine. Some smaller stains, mostly in the margins and the occasional small tear; bindings slightly restored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2 volumes, 4to (248 x 183 mm) 4 nn.ll., XXIV, 522 pp. for volume I; 2 nn.ll., XVI, 564 pp. for volume II. Late 18th century speckled sheep, flat spines gilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":74388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1245,1450,1266,1233],"class_list":{"0":"post-74393","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-18th-century-literature","8":"product_tag-first-edition","9":"product_tag-philosophy","10":"product_tag-pmm-2","11":"pa_auteur-montesquieu-charles-de-secondat-2","12":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Charles de Secondat MONTESQUIEU","chapeau":"The true first edition","adresse_bibliographique":"Gen\u00e8ve, Barrillot [sic] & Fils, 1748","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n