Author: Montaigne, Michel de
Title: Les Essais de Michel seigneur De Montaigne. Nouvelle edition, corrigéé & augmentée par P. Coste.
Description: Paris, Par La Societé, 1725, 3 vols., XCVI,(6),362,(13);540,(15); 413,(14)p., Engraved portrait, contemporary uniform gilt halfcalf with. mor. letterpiece, large 4to. All vols. (sl.) foxed w. some (small) marginal waterstains; 2nd vol. title-page repaired with paper. Bindings worn; joints splitting; first vol. frontcover stained. French text. Montaigne (1533-1592) was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, who popularized the essay anliterary genry. His essays are the most influential ever written.

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