MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES-LOUIS DE SECONDAT DE. Le Temple de Gnide. Paris: Le Mire 1772. 8vo, 228 x 156 mm. (9x 5 15/16 in.), green morocco, covers with gilt dentelle border incorporating "l'oiseau" tool, spine gilt in six compartments with same tool, board edges and turn-ins gilt, pink watered silk endleaves, g.e., by NICOLAS-DENIS DEROME le jeune, with his ticket (Ract-Madoux I C1) on frontispiece), modern half green morocco chemise and slipcase, small chip to upper joint, raised bands and extremities lightly rubbed, backstrip a trifle darkened, scattered light mostly marginal foxing. Engraved throughout, text engraved by Drouet, frontispiece, engraved title, engraved headpiece vignette and 9 plates by Nicolas Le Mire after Charles Eisen, the plates avant les numéros. Cohen-de Ricci 726-8 (citing this copy); Ray French 32 ("With regard to suavity and grace Eisen never surpassed these plates").

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MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES-LOUIS DE SECONDAT DE. Le Temple de Gnide. Paris: Le Mire 1772. 8vo, 228 x 156 mm. (9x 5 15/16 in.), green morocco, covers with gilt dentelle border incorporating "l'oiseau" tool, spine gilt in six compartments with same tool, board edges and turn-ins gilt, pink watered silk endleaves, g.e., by NICOLAS-DENIS DEROME le jeune, with his ticket (Ract-Madoux I C1) on frontispiece), modern half green morocco chemise and slipcase, small chip to upper joint, raised bands and extremities lightly rubbed, backstrip a trifle darkened, scattered light mostly marginal foxing. Engraved throughout, text engraved by Drouet, frontispiece, engraved title, engraved headpiece vignette and 9 plates by Nicolas Le Mire after Charles Eisen, the plates avant les numéros. Cohen-de Ricci 726-8 (citing this copy); Ray French 32 ("With regard to suavity and grace Eisen never surpassed these plates").

Provenance: Gustave Guyot de Villeneuve, lot ticket (sale, Paris, part 1, 26-31 March 1900, lot 437) -- Comte de Greffulhe, engraved armorial bookplate (sale, Paris, 9 December 1937, lot ).