Google books sometimes has scans of original books. Many times they
still have the library stamps on them. If so, you can track down the
library and see if they still have the book and if they will send you
pictures.

Deb Fuller

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Cristin Waterbury
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is a bit of a long shot, but I’m hoping someone on this list might
> provide me with some suggestions. For an upcoming exhibit, I’m looking for
> images of rare books. Specifically, I’m interested in 18th century political
> science books (pre 1810) that are written in French. (i.e. Montesquieu and
> similar works) I don’t need the books themselves, I just want to see what
> they looked like, especially the spines. I’m wondering if perhaps there’s a
> rare book repository out there that has some expertise in this area that
> might be able to help me out.
>

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