Montesquieu - Œuvres complètes de Montesquieu - 1816

A beautiful volume in this edition that gathers and orders the major texts of the Enlightenment philosopher, offering a systematic presentation of his work from a perspective of scholarly dissemination and bibliophilic appeal.

The early volumes include The Persian Letters, in which Montesquieu uses epistolary fiction to critique the mores, institutions, and prejudices of his time, blending satire, cultural relativism, and political reflection -

The following volumes include the Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur of the Romans and their Decadence, in which he analyzes Roman history as an example of political and military dynamics, and The Spirit of the Laws, his major treatise, which presents a general theory of institutions, regimes, and laws, based on the diversity of climates, cultures, and social structures -

These volumes illustrate the aim to inscribe Montesquieu in the French philosophical and literary canon, by affirming the universal value of his analyses and their relevance for understanding modern societies -

Montesquieu - Complete Works of Montesquieu - 1816 - Volume I, II, III, IV and VI - Lefèvre -

Volume 1: The Spirit of the Laws - 1816 / 434 pages (2 fold-out geographic maps and a portrait of the author). Volume 2: The Spirit of the Laws - 1816 / 494 pages. Volume 3: The Spirit of the Laws - 1816 / 541 pages. Volume 4: Table of The Spirit of the Laws - On the Greatness of Decadence and the Decline of the Romans - 1816 / 504 pages. Volume 6: Miscellaneous Works - 1816 / 559 pages

Bindings in good condition, the volume in full antique brown morocco leather, wear from use, bumped headcaps, rounded corners, marbled edges, a smooth spine adorned, titles and gilt tooling on red morocco panels, gold fillets framing the boards -

Good interior condition, browning, texts in two columns, works enriched with engraved frontispiece and geographical maps on folding plates, marbled endpapers -

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