Baron de Montesquieu Philosophy Enlightenment 1837 nice antiquarian leather book

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Oeuvres Completes de Montesquieu avec des Notes de Dupin, Creview, Voltaire, Mable, Servan, La Harpe etc etc...
Published 1837, Paris by Firmin Didot Freres.
770 pages. Text in French.

Period 1/2 leather binding, raised and gilt bands, gilt decorated compartments, marbled covers and end papers.

Text block displays moderate uniform age toning, numerous leaves show old damp staining, small light scattered spotting. A few pages have extensive detailed marginal notes by an early scholarly owner.

Book remains well preserved and very attractive on the shelf. It displays a beautiful age patina and is in nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. 

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Book Measures c. 10 1/2" H x 7" W.

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