MONTAIGNE MICHEL EYQUEM DE Essayes done into English b

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MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE. Essayes . . . done into English . . . by John Florio. Engraved portrait of Florio by William Hole on A6v. [12], 630 pages. Folio, 295x184 mm, contemporary calf, spine ends and cover corners restored; free endpapers lacking; marginal soiling on preliminaries and last leaf, light marginal dampstaining toward beginning, scattered minor spotting, blank upper outer corner of title restored, ink smudge on page 364. London: Melch. Bradwood for Edward Blount and William Barret, 1613

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Second edition of Florio''s translation, the first into English, originally published in 1603. STC 18042.