[Rarebooks] FS: Montesquieu's influential "The Spirit of Laws" 2v. London: 1752

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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de. THE SPIRIT OF LAWS. Translated 
from the French by Mr. [Thomas] Nugent. Second Edition. Corrected and 
Considerably Improved. London: Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vaillant. 1752. 2 vols. 
xl,(20),452;(2),xvi,483,(3),(24)pp. (including 6 pages of publisher's ads). Index. 
Cont. gilt ruled speckled calf, red morocco spine labels. Minor chips at 
extremities of spines.     $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
Montesquieu (1689-1755) is credited with the idea (presented in this work) 
that governments should have separated and balanced powers, a concept 
incorporated into the U.S. Constitution.

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