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184 - MONTAIGNE, Michel de. *The Essays*. A new edition thoroughly corrected of the errors found in previous editions, based on the true original.
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MONTAIGNE, Michel de. *The Essays*. A new edition thoroughly corrected of the errors found in previous editions, based on the true original. Paris, P. Rocolet, 1657. Folio, contemporary brown calfskin, ribbed spine, panels decorated with small ironwork. 12 unnumbered folios (notice, epistle, preface), 840 pp., and 18 unnumbered folios (table of contents), engraved portrait in intaglio, headpieces, and initials. Binding rubbed with losses; front cover fragile; cap bands missing; water stains and foxing; paper missing at the margin of folio 8 (preface); handwritten note in ink on the endpaper. The last edition in folio format, based on the 1652 edition and supervised by Henri Estienne. It was published by several booksellers (Rocolet, Béchet, Billaine, Le Petit, Loyson, etc.) and contains a beautiful engraved portrait of Montaigne. A worn copy in a contemporary binding.
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