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MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE. Les Essais . . . Nouvelle Edition. Title printed in red and black, with Estienne woodcut device. [32], 840 [i. e., 834], [41] pages, including engraved additional title. 18th-century cat's-paw calf, spine and cover edges quite worn; some browning, clean tear in A5, semi-circular wormhole through blank lower inner corner of several leaves in middle of volume, small piece torn from blank lower margin of 2S2. Signature of Edw. Sheppard dated 1843; bookplate of the architect Harry Francis Cunningham (1888-1959). Paris: Thomas Joly, 1652
Issue with the imprint of Thomas Joly, one of 10 booksellers associated with this edition. "Printed by Henri Estienne, whose preface advertises the novelty of this edition, namely both summaries of the text and translations of the Latin quotations in the margins"--Sayce & Maskell 30(g).
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