Montaigne's Essays in a Fine Edition

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MONTAIGNE (Michel Eyquem, seigneur de) Les Essais de Montaigne published according to the 1588 edition with variants from 1595 and a notice, notes, a glossary, and an index by H. Motheau and D. Jouaust. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles [Jouaust], 11.5 x 18 cm, 1886-1888, 6 volumes, missing the last volume which was published subsequently, half green chagrin binding, sun-faded spine, slight wear, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. CIV-194, 310, 298, 306, 302, 313 untrimmed pages, fresh interior. Beautiful edition printed in 560 copies, here one of the numbered copies on Holland, here no. 558. No shipping outside the European Union.