Lot n° 30
Estimation :
350 - 500
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 401EUR
MONTAIGNE (Michel de). - Lot 30
MONTAIGNE (Michel de).
Les Essais. Paris, Chez
François Gueffier, 1617. In-4°, calf, ornate ribbed spine (mid-17th c. binding).
[XXIV] + [XXIV (Table & Privilege)] + 1090 + [II (blanks)] + [XL] pp.
"New edition: enriched with annotations in the margin, the names of the Autheurs citez, & the Latin version thereof.
Corrigee et augmentee d'un tiers outre les premieres
Impressions : plus la vie de l'autheur extraicte de ses propres escrits" shared between F. Gueffier, M. Nivelle, Jean Petit-
Pas, Cl. Rigaud, la Vve Dominique Salis and Ch. Sevestre.
Title printed in red and black.
Engraved portrait by Thomas de LEU.
The 24 pp. Table has been bound in after the preface. From the library of
M.T.C.C.E, with bookplate.
Damage to headpieces; some spotting; a few rusty leaves.
"Edition in which Mlle de Gournay has modified her preface; it is also the first in which the numerous Latin and Greek quotations from the Essais have been translated into French." (Tchemerzine, VIII, 420); Brunet, III, 1837.
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