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MONTAIGNE. Les Essais de Michel Seigneur de Montaigne. 1611. Montaigne?s philosophy in the 1611?s rare edition. MONTAIGNE, Michel; de. Les Essais de Michel Seigneur de Montaigne. A Paris, 1608; a Paris: chez Francois Guefier, rue S. Iean de Latran, deuant le college de Cambray, 1611 8vo, 179x110 mm; contemporary full vellum binding; handwritten titles on spine. Titlepage engraved on copper. Pp. 16, 1129 [i.e.1087], 37; errors of numeration. Woodcut intial letters and ornaments. In our specimen the leaf a8v is blank. Slight traces of humidity on the upper part of the first leaves. Good copy.
Beautiful and rare edition of Les Essais of Montaigne. In this edition we find for the first time the indications of the authors cited in the text, with a wide description of names and materials, in addition to the author's life, extracted from his own writings. Tchemerzine-Scheler IV, 889. The work is offered with a valid export license.