Charles Cotton's trans. of Montaigne's Essays
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Author: Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de
Title: Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne. In Three Books. With Marginal Notes and Quotations of the Cited Authors
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for T. Basset and M. Gilliflower and W. Hensman
Date Published: 1693
Description: 3 volumes. [24], 555, [1], [3] ads; [6], 624, 623-638, 635-722; [4], 336, 335-414, 417-559 pp. Translated by Charles Cotton. With engraved frontispiece portrait in vol. I. 17.5x11 cm (7x4½”), contemporary speckled calf boards rebacked in modern calf, raised bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt.Second edition of Charles Cotton‘s translation of Montaigne, first published in 1685-6. The publishers note they thought themselves ”... under the Necessity of Publishing it with this Second Edition, not only to do Justice to his Memory, but to the Great Person he Chose for his Patron”. Bookplates.
Author: Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de
Title: Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne. In Three Books. With Marginal Notes and Quotations of the Cited Authors
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for T. Basset and M. Gilliflower and W. Hensman
Date Published: 1693
Description: 3 volumes. [24], 555, [1], [3] ads; [6], 624, 623-638, 635-722; [4], 336, 335-414, 417-559 pp. Translated by Charles Cotton. With engraved frontispiece portrait in vol. I. 17.5x11 cm (7x4½”), contemporary speckled calf boards rebacked in modern calf, raised bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt.Second edition of Charles Cotton‘s translation of Montaigne, first published in 1685-6. The publishers note they thought themselves ”... under the Necessity of Publishing it with this Second Edition, not only to do Justice to his Memory, but to the Great Person he Chose for his Patron”. Bookplates.
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Slight scuffing and wear to calf; ink marks, minor damage to blank leaves, occasional foxing and smudging; very good.
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Charles Cotton's trans. of Montaigne's Essays
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