MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533-1592). Essayes...done
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MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533-1592). Essayes...done into English by John Florio. London: Melch. Bradwood for Edward Blount and Willaim Barret, 1613. Folio in sixes (281 x 182 mm.). Engraved portrait by William Hole, with the last leaf blank. Mid-17th century English red morocco, gilt-paneled, spine in seven gilt paneled compartments with six raised bands, gilt lettered in one compartment, later gilt lettering at foot of spine. Condition: title dust soiled, Ii 4 with tiny rust hole catching seven letters and with no loss of legibility; upper joint cracked through top two compartments, old repair to spine extremities. Provenance: "T. Grantham's bk. MDCXXXVIII", inscription on title-page (possibly Thomas Grantham, schoolmaster; B.A. Hart Hall, Oxford, 1630; M.A. Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1634; rector of Waddington, Oxfordshire, till 1656). Second edition in English. STC 18042.
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