Montaigne, Michel de
The Essayes
£1,008
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
or Morall, Politike, and Militarie Discourses. London: M[iles] Flesher, for Richard Royston, 1632. Third edition in English, folio (27.5 x 18cm), contemporary sprinkled calf, engraved additional title-page, binding rebacked and recornered with original spine laid down (later label, probably 18th century), endpapers renewed, engraved title chipped along top edge and extended along fore margin, 18th-century ownership inscription to letterpress title-page, toning, occasional blemishes and marks [STC 18043]
Footnote
Note: John Florio's translation of Montaigne's essays, the first into English, was originally published in 1603. It was 'one of the great translations of the Elizabethan age ... [and] a source of inspiration for such as Ben Jonson, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Webster, and Shakespeare' (ODNB).