Le temple de Gnide

People / Organizations

• Prault, 1738? ("printed by")
• Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Author)

Imprint

Londres [i.e. Paris: printed by Prault, 1738?]

Publication year

1738-1738

ESTC No.

T154229

Grub Street ID

198379

Description

[2],viii,85,[3]p.,plate : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

Anonymous. By Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu.

The titlepage is engraved.

With a final leaf explaining the plate and illustrations.

The imprint is false; apparently a reissue of the Paris edition printed by Prault in 1738 with the imprint reset.

Uncontrolled note

Not traced in Cabeen's Montesquieu bib. & usual sources; clearly French: not oversigned; quire-catchwords; 'j' in roman numerations; prel. reg. lower-case, etc. P has copy with identical setting of type and Paris imprint