THE
SPIRIT
OF
LAWS
By Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Translated by Thomas Nugent, revised by J. V. Prichard
Based on an public domain edition published in 1914 by G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., London
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Jon Roland
of the
Constitution Society
Portrait
of Montesquieu
Image
of 1752 edition title page
The Translator to the Reader
, by Thomas Nugent (1752)
Contents
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See also:
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline
, Charles Montesquieu (~1734) Historical analysis that laid the basis for his
Spirit of Laws
and Gibbon's
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
.