[MONTESQUIEU]. Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence. Amsterdam, Jacques Desbordes, 1734. In-12, fawn calf, spine decorated, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Original second edition, with errata. The errors on pp. 129-130 are corrected. Pleasant copy with spine decorated with a small fleur-de-lys iron surmounted by a crown. Handwritten bookplate: P. de Biermont. From the library of Yves Lévy (2006, n°245). Covers finely restored, some foxing, small ring at foot of first pages. Danjeau, 9 - Rochebilière, n° 782 - Le Petit, 493 - Tchemerzine, IV, 927. Attached, by the same author: Lettres persanes. New edition, augmented by twelve letters. Amsterdam and Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1769. In-12, marbled basane, spine decorated, marbled edges (contemporary binding). New edition followed by the Temple de Gnide by the same author.