MONTAIGNE (Michel Eyquem, Lord of) - Lot 661

Lot 661
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MONTAIGNE (Michel Eyquem, Lord of) - Lot 661
MONTAIGNE (Michel Eyquem, Lord of) The Essays. New edition exactly purged of the defects of the preceding ones, according to the true original: and enriched and increased in the margins of the names of the authors who are quoted there Amsterdam, expenses of the company, 1781. 3 volumes in-8; illustrated with 2 portraits of Montaigne (one in frontispiece). Contemporary brown morocco, ornate smooth spines, bumping to a head cap, spine ends cracked, gilt roulettes framing the boards, double gilt fillet on the edges, inner roulette, gilt edges. Small handwritten mark (abtp-aetp) on the last flyleaf of the first volume (possibly bound by Bozérian or Derôme). Attached : BONNEFON (Paul): Montaigne. The man and the work. Bordeaux, Gounouilhou ; Paris, Rouam & Cie, 1893. In-4; illustrated with 2 plates out of text (one in frontispiece) and 80 engravings in the text. Untrimmed copy. ½ brown chagrin, gilt title on spine. Good copy on laid paper. VILLEY (Pierre) : Montaigne. Texte choisis et commentés. Paris, Plon-Nourrit & Cie, 1912. ½ tan basane, pastiche decorated smooth spine, red edges.
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