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MONTAIGNE, Michel de (1533-92). The Essayes or, Morall, Politike, and Militarie Dicourses. London: by M. Fletcher for Rich. Royston, 1632.
2° (273 x 185mm). A6 as usual bound at beginning, additional engraved title by Martin Droeshout, woodcut headpieces. (Upper margin of A6 partly re-margined, H5&H6 with small marginal repairs, ink stain on 2S2 affecting a few letters of about 3 lines of text, some mainly light spotting and browning, final page of table with a few ink stains.) 19th-century mottled calf, slim floral border on sides, green morocco lettering-piece, decorated gilt in compartments (head and tail of spine a little chipped, extremities rubbed, a few light scuff marks on sides). Provenance: A. Heywood Bright (bookplate).
Third edition. STC 18043.
2° (273 x 185mm). A6 as usual bound at beginning, additional engraved title by Martin Droeshout, woodcut headpieces. (Upper margin of A6 partly re-margined, H5&H6 with small marginal repairs, ink stain on 2S2 affecting a few letters of about 3 lines of text, some mainly light spotting and browning, final page of table with a few ink stains.) 19th-century mottled calf, slim floral border on sides, green morocco lettering-piece, decorated gilt in compartments (head and tail of spine a little chipped, extremities rubbed, a few light scuff marks on sides). Provenance: A. Heywood Bright (bookplate).
Third edition. STC 18043.
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