[Montesquieu] OEUVRES COMPLETTES DE MONTESQUIEU. 6 Vols. Paris: 1816. Ownership signature of a free black man, “Lucien Lambert”, on title pages. Charles Lucien Lambert, a pianist, composer, and music teacher from New Orleans, was born into freedom in the mid 1800s. Lambert wrote his signature over an earlier owner’s stamp. 8vo. Vol I: Frontis + [4], xcviij, 434 pp. Vol II: [4], 494 pp. Vol III: [4], 541 pp. No folding map (might not have been issued with all sets). Vol IV: [4], 504 pp. Vol V: [4], 464 pp. Vol VI: [4], 559 pp. Contemporary polished tree calf. Marbled edges and eps. Covers insecure, resulting in loosening of some volumes' first and/or last leaves. Foxed, some portions toned. Half titles carry a bookseller’s penciling and ink ownership signature of Margaret Denechaud. “Ex Libris Charles I Denechaud,” Some Charles I Denechaud owner’s stamps.