"Mably (abbé De) - European Public Law Based On Treaties. 1768."
MABLY (Abbé de) - European public law based on treaties. Geneva, By the company of booksellers, 1768; in-12, X, 444 + 476 + 426 pp., contemporary full calfskin binding, spine with 5 bands, marbled edges, title label in red morocco. The 3 volumes. Fourth revised and corrected edition. Abbé Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, born in Grenoble in 1709 and died in Paris in 1785, was a French philosopher. Abbé Mably is Condillac's brother, also a philosopher. Mably denounces "legal despotism" and also criticizes the English political system, which according to him subordinates the legislative power to the executive power. Nice copy.