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BRISCADIEU BORDEAUX

212 - MONTAIGNE (Michel de) – [DA ROS] The Essays.
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Estimate €200 - €300
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MONTAIGNE (Michel de) – [DA ROS] The Essays. Illustrations by DA ROS. Nice, Le Chant des Sphères, 1973. 4 volumes in-4; colour illustrations. Print run of 2,140 copies, one of the 150 reserved for Éditions Classiques et Contemporaines, featuring an original colour illustration (signed by the illustrator), an original black-and-white drawing (signed by the illustrator), a framed double colour plate, and a suite of inserts in ‘bleu de France’. Autograph of the illustrator on the half-title page. Publisher’s blue mottled sheepskin, spine with lightened decorative raised bands, blind-stamped metal tools, central thematic medallions in blind stamping, alternating gilt fillets and blind-stamped lace patterns framing the covers, gilt heads, protective slipcases.
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Auction time 07/03/2026 at 10:00 AM
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