Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

147 147 c [MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES DE SECONDAT, Baron de.] De l’Esprit des Loix. [8], xxiv, 522, [2]; [4], xvi, 564 pages, including half-titles and errata leaf. 2 volumes. 4to, 256x195 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, spine ends slightly chipped, Volume 1 front joint cracked at bottom; attractive set, generally clean internally. Booklabels of Helmut Friedlaender. Geneva: Bar[r]illot, & Fils, nd [i. e., Paris: Prault, circa 1748?] [800/1,200] Second edition of Montesquieu’s classic comparative study of political institutions, “a great influence on the framing of the American Constitution, and . . . one of the key texts for the liberal tradition in Europe” (NOCLF); first issue, with the errata leaf at the end of Volume 1. Tchemerzine (1977) IV, 930a; Printing and the Mind of Man 197 (1748 Geneva original edition). 148 c Recopilacion de las cedulas y provisiones,visitas y ordenanças que los Señores Reyes catholicos . . . an embiado ya proveydo para esta su real audiencia y chancillería de Valladolid. Three-quarter woodcut border and Spanish royal arms on title. [14], 141 [i. e., 142] leaves.Folio,268x191 mm,old limp vellumwith spine title in ink and thong ties,book block loose in binding; worming in blank margins, occasional marginal dampstaining, contemporary underscoring and marginalia. Franciscan branded ownership mark on top edges, possibly of the Convento de San Antonio de Padua de Querétaro; cf. CCMF/BEFK-12070. Palau 252543. (Valladolid: Francisco Fernández de Córdoba, 15 September 1545) [400/600] LAW, continued