Montesquieu - Œuvres de Montesquieu - 1822

Beautiful eight-volume set of this vast critical and annotated compilation of political, philosophical, and legal writings, enriched by praise, annotations, and analyses from various Enlightenment thinkers and from the later era -

The collection includes, in particular, the author’s fundamental texts, among which “The Spirit of the Laws,” where Montesquieu develops a general theory of political institutions based on the separation of powers, the relativity of laws according to historical and geographical contexts, and the importance of institutional balances to guarantee liberty -

The edition is accompanied by praises written by Jean le Rond d'Alembert and Abel-François Villemain, which emphasize the intellectual importance of Montesquieu and his influence on modern political thought -

It also includes notes and commentaries by Claude Adrien Helvétius, Nicolas de Condorcet, and Voltaire, who discuss, extend, or nuance his ideas, notably on freedom, power, morality, and social organization -

Montesquieu - Works of Montesquieu, His praises by d'Alembert and M. Villemain, the notes by Helvétius, Condorcet, and Voltaire followed by the commentary on The Spirit of the Laws by M. the Count Destrutt de Tracy - 1822 - Volume I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII - Dalibon -
LIV + 429 + 442 + 472 + 526 + 615 + 456 + 566 + 487 Pages.

Good condition of bindings, works in their brown half-leather from the period, marbled boards, signs of use, some minor faults on boards and spine, speckled edges, spine with faux nerves ornately decorated, gilded titles, volumes and author’s name on black leather pieces –

Good interior condition, some scattered foxing, specks, works enriched with a frontispiece engraved with Montesquieu’s portrait after Devéria and a manuscript by the author in facsimile, marbled endpapers in good condition, a pleasant overall set –

Delivery service provided within a few days –