(DAVIDSON John) tr.

Persian and Chinese Letters. Being the Lettres Persanes by Charles Louis, Baron De Montesquieu Translated and Introduced by John Davidson.

And The Citizen of the World by Oliver Goldsmith with a Special Introduction by Oliver H. G. Leigh. Washington and London: M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1901.

£32.00

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With two illustrations: frontispiece, hand-painted photogravure after the painting ‚“Dream of the Orient“ by Benjamin Constant; and photogravure after the painting ‚“The Sword Dance“ by Gerome. Edges uncut. Original publisher’s binding of [low-quality] three-quarter leather and marbled boards. Very good copy with third-rate leather split along bottom half of front joint.

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236761