Montaigne’s Essays in Three Books
Charles Cotton, Michel de MontaigneLondon: B. and B. Barker, et al., 1743.
Sixth Edition.
19.5cm x 12cm. [18], 394, [24]; [4], 521, [31]; [2], 402, [28] pages, 3 volumes. Full leather, gilt lettering and decoration.
With Notes and Quotations. And an Account of The Author’s Life. With a short Character of the Author and Translator by the late Marquiss of Hallifax. Translated by Charles Cotton. The Sixth Edition Corrected and Amended.
Leather rubbed, some splitting to joints, still firm, title label of vol. II chipped and vol. III rubbed off. Large engraved bookplate to each volume (possibly that of Henry Cotton?). Interiors nice and clean. Good Condition.
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AU$300