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MONTAIGNE (Michel de): Journal du Voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie, par la Suisse & l'Allemagne en 1580 & 1581. Avec des Notes par M. de Querlon. Rome et se trouve à Paris, Le Jay, 1774, 3 volumes. 8 by 14.5 cm. (4)-engraved portrait-CXXXVI-214; (4)-323; 461-(3) pages. Contemporary full marbled basane, smooth spine decorated, red title page. Small crack over 2.5 cm on a spine of volume 3 (not serious), otherwise very good condition of binding. Very good condition inside (a small marginal stain on one page, not serious). One of three editions published by Le Jay in 1774. The third volume, bilingual, joins the Italian text to the French, and is attributed to MONTAIGNE (the account of the beginning of the voyage being attributed to his secretary). After the publication of his Essais in 1580, Montaigne spent six months in Rome. The text of his travel journal has been compiled and annotated by Meusnier de Querlon, based on the unpublished, semi-autograph manuscript discovered by Abbé Prunis in the papers of Montaigne's former château.

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MONTAIGNE (Michel de): Journal du Voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie, par la Suisse & l'Allemagne en 1580 & 1581. Avec des Notes par M. de Querlon. Rome et se trouve à Paris, Le Jay, 1774, 3 volumes. 8 by 14.5 cm. (4)-engraved portrait-CXXXVI-214; (4)-323; 461-(3) pages. Contemporary full marbled basane, smooth spine decorated, red title page. Small crack over 2.5 cm on a spine of volume 3 (not serious), otherwise very good condition of binding. Very good condition inside (a small marginal stain on one page, not serious). One of three editions published by Le Jay in 1774. The third volume, bilingual, joins the Italian text to the French, and is attributed to MONTAIGNE (the account of the beginning of the voyage being attributed to his secretary). After the publication of his Essais in 1580, Montaigne spent six months in Rome. The text of his travel journal has been compiled and annotated by Meusnier de Querlon, based on the unpublished, semi-autograph manuscript discovered by Abbé Prunis in the papers of Montaigne's former château.

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