The Spirit of Laws. Translated From the French with Corrections...
Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat [1689-1755]. Nugent, Thomas (translator). The Spirit of Laws. Translated from the French. With Corrections and Additions Communicated by the Author. Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Ewing and G. Faulkner, 1751. Reprint. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, [1984]. Two volumes bound as one. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Internally clean. A fine copy. $45. * Reprint of the second English edition. Upon publication "it at once provoked enemies, but opposition gradually diminished and it became recognized as a classic (...) It may be regarded as the first work on comparative or sociological jurisprudence": Walker, Oxford Companion to Law 854.
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