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DE MONTAIGNE (Michel), Essays, with notes by all the commentators, edition published by J.-V. Le Clerc, Editions LEFEVRE, bookseller, 1826, In-8 Portrait drawn and engraved by Dupont in frontispiece Collection of French classics 5 volumes, not collated Bound in half skin with blue corner and gilt fillet, spine with gilt caissons All in good condition, some wear to the binding and stained inside

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DE MONTAIGNE (Michel), Essays, with notes by all the commentators, edition published by J.-V. Le Clerc, Editions LEFEVRE, bookseller, 1826, In-8 Portrait drawn and engraved by Dupont in frontispiece Collection of French classics 5 volumes, not collated Bound in half skin with blue corner and gilt fillet, spine with gilt caissons All in good condition, some wear to the binding and stained inside

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Michel de MONTAIGNE. Essais. Livre premier & second. 2 volumes in-8, marbled basane, spine with 5 ornate nerves (17th century binding), modern black chagrin box. Brunet, III-1835 // Cioranescu, 15279 // De Backer, 448 // Le Petit, 99 // Sayce, 1 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, IV-870. I. (4f.)-496 / [ ]4, A-Z8, Aa-Hh8 // II. (2f.)-653 (marked 650)-1f. / [ ]2, AAa8-ZZz8, AAaa8-SSss8 // 94 x 156 mm. Very rare and sought-after first edition of the first two books of Montaigne's Essais de Montaigne. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is so well known in 16th-century literature that his main work, his Essais, remains one of the masterpieces of human thought. Let's just remember that he was born in 1533, in his family's château in Périgord. He learned Latin before learning French, then Greek, and, armed with his solid erudition, studied law in Bordeaux, where he was appointed councillor to the Bordeaux Parliament. It was on this occasion that he met La Boétie, for whom he had one of those one of those indescribable friendships of which only great souls are capable (Larousse). Montaigne left public office early, was elected mayor of Bordeaux and represented his compatriots at the Estates of Blois (1557). After his father's death, he took refuge in his château, where he began writing his Essais. Here, Montaigne drew on the strength of doubt, a skepticism that, going against the grain of the political and religious compartmentalization of his time, led him to risk tolerance (In French in the text). He then travelled through France, Switzerland, Germany and Italy, as observer and philosopher, returning to France to devote himself entirely to study and philosophy. He died of esquinancie, more simply known as angina, in 1592. The Essais contain three books, the first two of which appeared in the present edition in 1580. The pagination is very fanciful. We compared our copy page by page with that of the BnF and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, described by Sayce, and found differences in the pagination of volume II, without any change to the text: cahier QQq for the BnF and cahier HHhh for the Bodleian. As Sayce notes, there are probably no two perfectly identical copies. Sayce also noted different states for the titles and errata. Our copy is in the second state. Finally, our copy contains first and second printing remarks in the text. Some passages have been underlined in ink. A very fine copy, despite small stains and faint marginal spotting on several leaves of Volume II. Provenance: F. Estienne (handwritten bookplate partly faded on title and flyleaf of second volume).

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

[Michel de MONTAIGNE. Marie de GOURNAY]. The Proumenoir of Monsieur de Montaigne. Par sa fille d'alliance. Ediction troisiesme plus correcte & plus ample que les précédentes. In-16, brown half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated ( 19th century binding). Barbier, III-1096 // Brunet, II-1682 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, III-460. (5f.)-219-(1f. blank missing here) / A-O8, P4 / 69 x 111 mm. Fifth edition of Proumenoir de Monsieur de Montaigne. Marie de Gournay, born in 1565 and died in 1645, is best known today for her intellectual relationship with Montaigne. Le Proumenoir was first published in 1594 by Abel L'Angelier, who quickly issued two further editions in 1595 and 1599. In the meantime, the work had also been published in Chambéry by Maurice Malicieu. This Rouen edition of 1607 is therefore the fifth, despite the mention third printed on the title. It contains the Proumenoir in prose, a French translation in verse of the second book of the Aeneid, a Bouquet poetique dedicated to Léonor, Montaigne's daughter and the author's "sister-in-law", and the preface to the Essais of 1595, which the printer, in an introductory note to the reader, saw fit to add at the end so as not to lose it. Angular staining in the M section.

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

MONTAIGNE (Michel de).

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

MONTAIGNE, Michel de (1533-1592). Les Essais. Amsterdam, Anthoine Michiels, 1659. 3 volumes in-12 Title with portrait of Montaigne engraved by Pieter Clouwet. Red morocco, double framing on covers, ornate ribbed spines, gilt edges.

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