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  <dc:title>Letter from [Jean Baptiste, Baron] Secondat de Montesquieu, Paris France, to Martin Folkes, London</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Asks Folkes to help him procure some books he wants: 'Harmonia Mensurarum' by [Roger] Cotes and the best edition of 'Principia Mathematica'. Will send him the forthcoming work of Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, a man well versed in geometry. Will send payment for the commissions via Mr Turner or Lord Waldegrave. Will return the favour if there is anything he can do for Folkes. Notes that  [Georges-Louis] Leclerc Buffon has been appointed director of the royal gardens [Jardin des Plantes, Paris].</dc:description>
  <dc:date>17 August 1739</dc:date>
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