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Auction archive: Lot number 275

MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-92) Les Essais, edited by...

Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$993 - US$1,588
Price realised:
£504
ca. US$1,001
Auction archive: Lot number 275

MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-92) Les Essais, edited by...

Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$993 - US$1,588
Price realised:
£504
ca. US$1,001
Beschreibung:

MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-92). Les Essais, edited by H. Motheau and D. Jouaust. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873. 4 volumes, 8°. Half titles, etched portrait frontispiece, titles printed in red and black (occasional light spotting). Contemporary green half morocco gilt by Brentano's, Paris, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt (some very light rubbing).
MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-92). Les Essais, edited by H. Motheau and D. Jouaust. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873. 4 volumes, 8°. Half titles, etched portrait frontispiece, titles printed in red and black (occasional light spotting). Contemporary green half morocco gilt by Brentano's, Paris, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt (some very light rubbing). With 9 other French works in 41 volumes including Madame de Sévigné's Lettres (Paris, 1862-66, 14 vols.) and Henri de Balzac's Oeuvres (Paris, 1869, 20 vols.), all bound in morocco gilt. Sold as a collection of bindings, not subject to return. (45)

Auction archive: Lot number 275
Auction:
Datum:
5 Jun 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
5 June 2007, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-92). Les Essais, edited by H. Motheau and D. Jouaust. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873. 4 volumes, 8°. Half titles, etched portrait frontispiece, titles printed in red and black (occasional light spotting). Contemporary green half morocco gilt by Brentano's, Paris, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt (some very light rubbing).
MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-92). Les Essais, edited by H. Motheau and D. Jouaust. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873. 4 volumes, 8°. Half titles, etched portrait frontispiece, titles printed in red and black (occasional light spotting). Contemporary green half morocco gilt by Brentano's, Paris, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt (some very light rubbing). With 9 other French works in 41 volumes including Madame de Sévigné's Lettres (Paris, 1862-66, 14 vols.) and Henri de Balzac's Oeuvres (Paris, 1869, 20 vols.), all bound in morocco gilt. Sold as a collection of bindings, not subject to return. (45)

Auction archive: Lot number 275
Auction:
Datum:
5 Jun 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
5 June 2007, London, South Kensington
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