Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755). L.A., [1750, to Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle] oblong half-page in-12 (paper a little creased). On the Défense de l'Esprit des Loix. "I sent you yesterday Monsieur my deffense which I beg you to keep and I have the honour to send you these leaves which I beg you to return to me". [This was his Défense de l'Esprit des Loix, published in 1750. La Beaumelle published a Suite de la Défense de l'Esprit des Loix ou Examen de la réplique du Gazetier ecclesiastique in 1751].