MONTAIGNE (Michel de).

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MONTAIGNE (Michel de).
Testing. Fifth edition. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1588. In-4, marbled basane, triple gilt fillet, spine decorated, fawn title piece, red edges (Pastiche binding ca. 1900). Balsamo & Simonin, n°204. - Tchemerzine, t. IV, p. 873. Last edition published during Montaigne's lifetime, containing the third book in original edition; the first two books, augmented and reworked, contain important corrections. Handwritten mention on the title-frontispiece, followed by an indeterminate signature: en dieu jay songe ce IX aoust 1599. Missing the leaf YYy4, which has been copied in pencil. Hole deleting letters on the YYYy3 sheet, a re-mounted introductory sheet. Repairs to the title-frontispiece (which is doubled, the four corner figures redone with a pen), and in the margins of the vast majority of the notebooks (most of them completely redone), with loss of text. Used binding, loose spine and detached flats.
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