de Montaigne, Michel [Author]; Cotton, Charles [Translator]

MOTAIGNE'S ESSAYS IN THREE BOOKS. WITH NOTES AND QUOTATIONS. AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE. [Three Volumes]

London: Printed for B. and B. Baker, G. Strahan, S. Ballard, D. Browne, C. Hitch, J. Clarke, J. Brindley, B. Creake, J. Pote, R. Chandler, C. Corbett, R. Wellington, J. Hodges, C. Bathurst, E. Commyns, W. Calwell, and J. New, 1743. Sixth Edition, Corrected and Amended. Octavos, 3 Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in three-quarter red leather and marbled paper boards. Raised bands and gilt stamping to spines. General rubbing and wear. Some material loss along extremities, particularly a heads of spines and at corners of boards. Edges of textblocks dyed red. With marbled endpapers. Age toning as expected within.
Previous owner's signature on title page in Volume I and tear to adjacent page. Leather completely missing from top corner of rear board on Volume II.
Shelved above Renaissance.

1409286

Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $400