MONTAIGNE (Michel de). The Tests. New edition exactly purged - Lot 526

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MONTAIGNE (Michel de). The Tests. New edition exactly purged - Lot 526
MONTAIGNE (Michel de). The Tests. New edition exactly purged of the defects of the previous ones, according to the true original; and enriched & augmented in the margins with the names of the autographs quoted therein, & the version of their passages; with very important & necessary observations for the relief of the Reader. Together the life of the author, & two tables, one of the chapters, & the other of the main contents, much more ample & useful than those of the last editions. Paris, Pierre Le Petit, 1652. In-folio of (16) ff. including the portrait, 834-(41) pp. (bad chffr. 840). Brown calf, spine with decorated nerves (contemporary binding with spine redone, corners restored). Good edition made on the 1635 one. The translations are placed there for the first time next to the text. It is illustrated with the beautiful portrait of the author engraved out of the text. It was shared between Augustin Courbé, Pierre Rocolet, Et.Loyson, Edme Couterot, Pierre Le Petit, Th. Jolly, Sébastien Huré, etc.. The importance of the 1636 edition lies in the fact that it was given by Mlle de Gournay ("daughter of alliance" of Montaigne) and dedicated to Cardinal de Richelieu. It is, after that of 1595, the best early edition of Montaigne. Without the false title. Ex-libris of Victor Albert George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey, Osterley Park Library. Extensive restorations to the binding. Good copy. (Tchemerzine, VIII, 434 and 428).
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