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MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE) Livre des essais... Divise en deux parties. Derniere edition augmentee de deux tables, 2 parts in 1 vol., Lyon, Gabriel La Grange, 1593 image 1
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MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE) Livre des essais... Divise en deux parties. Derniere edition augmentee de deux tables, 2 parts in 1 vol., Lyon, Gabriel La Grange, 1593 image 3
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MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE)
Livre des essais... Divise en deux parties. Derniere edition augmentee de deux tables, 2 parts in 1 vol., Lyon, Gabriel La Grange, 1593

23 March 2022, 12:00 GMT
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MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE)

Livre des essais... Divise en deux parties. Derniere edition augmentee de deux tables, 2 parts in 1 vol., woodcut ornament on both titles, without final blank, first title laid down with old ink ownership name partially erased from lower margin, printing faint on pp.277 and 280 (one word strengthened in ink), and short tear to p.441 of part I, some spotting and soiling (heaviest towards end of second part), old paper repair to lower fore-corner of final 3 leaves with loss of 2 letters of the catchword on final recto, later vellum ink lettered "Montaigne" on the spine [Adams M-1621], soiled, 8vo, Lyon, Gabriel La Grange, 1593

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RARE FIFTH EDITION OF MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS, the first published after the author's death in 1592, and the first to include an extensive index. Sold on behalf of Oxfam.

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