MONTAIGNE (Michel de).

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MONTAIGNE (Michel de).
Book of essays. Divided into two parts. Lyon, Pour Gabriel La Grange, Libraire d'Avignon, 1593. 2 volumes in one strong volume in-8, brown basane, spine decorated, edges speckled with red (17th century binding). Tchemerzine, vol. IV, p. 874. Very rare forgery: cited by Baudrier (vol. I, p. 227) and by Pansier (vol. II, p. 135), it is the first posthumous edition of the Essays and also the first to include an analytical table. Wet stamp of a religious congregation on the title. Old manuscript bookplate crossed out on the titles and on the back of the last page of the volume. Title badly damaged with lack of paper in the blank of the page and letters to the printed address. Hole with loss of letters in the bottom of the first two introductory leaves. Uniform freckles, wetness and stains on a few leaves. Used binding with epiderminations and missing covers, upper head cover deteriorated.
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