MONTAIGNE (Michel de). The Essays [...]. In Paris, Chez Abel - Lot 99

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MONTAIGNE (Michel de). The Essays [...]. In Paris, Chez Abel - Lot 99
MONTAIGNE (Michel de). The Essays [...]. In Paris, Chez Abel l'Angelier, 1602. Small in-8° (118 x 177 mm), red morocco, triple cold fillet framing the boards, gilt coat of arms in the centre, spine ribbed and decorated with arms, gilt edges (late 17th c. binding). "?new edition taken on the copy found after the death of the Author, revised & increased by vn tiers oultre the previous impressions. » A title decorated with a large wood frame. From the library of Jacques Dennery, with ex-libris A copy repackaged in a late 17th century binding with later-stamped coat of arms and coins; leaves foxed; short margin at the head; heraldic vignette pasted on the frontispiece and handwritten ex-libris from the end of the 18th c. on the title; small lack on the first leaf (table of chapters) and on one leaf of the final table; a few handwritten inscriptions (including four lines at the foot of the notice to the reader and some underlining in ink in the text). RED LEATHER CASE with the ARMS of Albert de LUYNES (reported). Tchemerzine, VIII, 411 (who notes that this is a reprint of the L'Angelier edition of 1598 and 1600, with a new title-frontispiece and two new tables).
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