Essais de Michel Seigneur de Montaigne (Quartre Volumes en Deux | Four Volumes in Two) anthichita pp 416 + [ii] index

pp 416 + [ii] index

New translation of Saint-Juirs original text entitled 'Cabinet des Trois Virtues'

and mapped endpapers

Gilt and silver laminated black cover housed in Guccissima quilted leather slipcase

Essais de Michel Seigneur de Montaigne (Quartre Volumes en Deux | Four Volumes in Two) anthichita pp 416 + [ii] indexParis: de l'imprimerie et de la Fonderie Strotypes de Pierre Didot l'ain et de Firmin Didot, 1816. Four vols in two, full parchment bindings with pale brown morocco title labels lettered in gilt. Foolscap 8vo (170 mm); xii, 412, [2], 390, [2]; [iv], 390, [2], [388] pp. Bindings slightly soiled, tips of corners a touch rubbed. No internal markings or old inscriptions. A solid and clean set on Montaigne's Essays originally publishsed during the years