MONTESQUIEU (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de). Complete works. Basle, Decker, 1799. 8 volumes in-8, new edition containing all his posthumous works and Helvétius's notes on part of the Esprit des Lois. Bound in full contemporary marbled calf, boards filleted and framed with frieze, smooth spine richly decorated with semis of starred irons, red morocco title and giblets, string of pearls on the edges. Expert : Monsieur Nicolas Asvisio