Copy letter from the President of Bourdeaux Monsieur de Montesquieu, Paris, to Hans Sloane ' A Letter from the President of Bourdeaux Monsieur de Montesquieu to Sir Hans Sloane, accompanying his book on the Grandure of the Romans, which he presents to the Royal Society etc. ' Read to the Royal Society on 23 January 1734/1735 4 August 1734