Essays of Montaigne An Entirely New Edition Formed from a Collation of the Foreign Quotations A Fresh English Rendering, and a Careful Revision of the Text Throughout. To Which are Added Some Account of the Life of Montaigne, Notes, A Translation of All the Letters Known to be Extant, and an Enlarged Index.

Published by Reeves & Turner 1902, London, 1902

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Four volumes. Frontispieces, including portrait, facsimile fold-out letters and in-text illustrations. Publisher's tan buckram cloth, with gilt decoration and lettering to spines. Bindings a faded and a little marked, with their extremities a little worn in some cases, bumped in all, old damp mark to edge of one volume. Rear hinge of 3rd volume starting. Save offsetting and ink inscription to prelims, generally internally clean with many pages unopened. The still bright gilt decorated spines make this not just a functional set, but a pleasant one too. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 8vo.

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Title
Essays of Montaigne An Entirely New Edition Formed from a Collation of the Foreign Quotations A Fresh English Rendering, and a Careful Revision of the Text Throughout. To Which are Added Some Account of the Life of Montaigne, Notes, A Translation of All the Letters Known to be Extant, and an Enlarged Index.
Author
de Montaigne, Michel ; Cotton, Charles [trans.] ; Hazlitt, William Carew [ed.]
Publisher
Reeves & Turner 1902, London
Publication year
1902
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Buckram
Dimensions
8vo.
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