Montesquieu - Lettres persanes - 1886

Montesquieu. Persian Letters. Paris, Jouaust, 1886, xviii-214 pp., 262 pp.

2 volumes in-12 (180x115 mm), half morocco with corners, spine ornamented with geometric motifs, brown morocco title label, gilt head (bindings from the period). Fine condition of the binding. Interior clean, no foxing. Covers preserved. Ex-libris Armand Sibien pasted on each endpaper.

Very elegant edition of Montesquieu's Persian Letters, adorned with a frontispiece and 8 engravings hors texte.