Michel de Montaigne; Charles Cotton, trans. ESSAYS OF MICHAEL SEIGNEUR DE MONTAIGNE...AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE... London: Printed for M. Gillyflower and W. Hensman, R. Wellington, and H. Hindmarsh, 1700. Stated third edition. Speckled calf, re-backed with raised bands, gilt decoration, and gilt-stamped black morocco labels on the spine, all edges red speckled. 8vo; [24], 555, [5 ads]; [6], 728, [48]; [4], 559, [45]pp. (with many pages mis-numbered). With portrait frontispiece of Montaigne in vols. I and II, printed marginalia, and vol. I with ads at the end and quire * with advertisement and letter to Cotton signed by "Hallifax" inserted between A3 and A4. ESTC R17025.

Each 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.

Michel de Montaigne (France, 1533-1592) was a Renaissance philosopher who wrote on a variety of topics such as emotions and childhood education.

Light scuffing and edgewear to boards with several minor wormholes, corners rubbed and bumped, and mild creasing at spine and joints; hinges reinforced; interiors lightly toned and overall quite clean and bright with occasional grime, small stain, very light scattered foxing, rare small edge tear, light offsetting, and writing in ink on titles and endpapers; vol. II with some heavier staining in quires 2B and 2C and a pin hole through quire 2U forward; one leaf in vol. III with larger margin tear not impacting text. A very good set.