"On the contrary, the countries of the Mahometans every day become deserts, from an opinion, which, all holy as it is, yet is not without very hurtful consequences, when it is rooted in the mind."
Persian Letters [Lettres persane]
12 entries in the ESTC for this title (1722, 1730, 1731, 1736, 1751, 1759, 1760, 1762, 1767, 1773, 1775).<br>
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The earliest English-language issue is <u>Persian Letters</u>, trans. John Ozell, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1722). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3305275439&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Searching <u>The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu</u>, 4 vols. (London: T. Evans, 1777) at Online Library of Liberty &lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1338/74623">Link to OLL</a>&gt;. French text from <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30268/30268-h/30268-h.htm">Project Gutenberg</a>.