Lot 361
361
MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat, baron de (1689-1755). Le Temple de Gnide. Paris: Didot l'Aîné, 1780. 18° 130 x 78mm). Half-title. Frontispiece and 9 plates after Regnault by De Ghent, Halbou, Patas, Baquoy, Lingée and Ponce, all etched by Bertaux. Dark brown morocco by Bauzonnet-Trautz, later gilt supralibros, richly gilt spine, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from Meuteuse, 1925.
MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat, baron de (1689-1755). Le Temple de Gnide. Paris: Didot l'Aîné, 1780. 18° 130 x 78mm). Half-title. Frontispiece and 9 plates after Regnault by De Ghent, Halbou, Patas, Baquoy, Lingée and Ponce, all etched by Bertaux. Dark brown morocco by Bauzonnet-Trautz, later gilt supralibros, richly gilt spine, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from Meuteuse, 1925.

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MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat, baron de (1689-1755). Le Temple de Gnide. Paris: Didot l'Aîné, 1780. 18° 130 x 78mm). Half-title. Frontispiece and 9 plates after Regnault by De Ghent, Halbou, Patas, Baquoy, Lingée and Ponce, all etched by Bertaux. Dark brown morocco by Bauzonnet-Trautz, later gilt supralibros, richly gilt spine, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from Meuteuse, 1925.

FINELY-BOUND COPY OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EDITION PRINTED FOR THE COMTE D'ARTOIS. The only holding that can be traced is in the BnF. cf. Brunet 1860 (1796 edition); Cohen-de Ricci 729.

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