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192 - MONTAIGNE, Michel de – QUERLON de.
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Estimate €100 - €200
Description
MONTAIGNE, Michel de – QUERLON de. TRAVEL JOURNAL OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE IN ITALY, via Switzerland and Germany in 1580 and 1581. With notes by M. de Querlon. Published in ROME, and available in PARIS, from LE JAY, 1774. Three volumes in-12 (15 x 8.5 cm), comprising CXXXVI pp., 214 pp.–(2) ff., 323 pp. – 460 pp. (3) ff., full contemporary bindings in marbled calfskin. Spine with 5 decorated and gilt raised bands bearing gilt titles on patches of old red morocco, the volume number gilt on bronze patches, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. Slight water-stain marks on the first three leaves of Volume One, including the frontispiece; restoration to three leaves in Volume Three; slight wear to the joints of Volume One. Remains a fine copy.
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About the sale ASIA BOOKS MILITARIA
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Closing date 10/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 89078109
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