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MONTAIGNE.
The Essays of Michel, Lord of Montaigne. A new edition, thoroughly corrected of the errors found in previous editions, in accordance with the true original.
Paris: Thomas Ioly, 1652.
Small folio, (15) leaves including title page, preface, author’s biography and table of contents (frontispiece missing), 840 pp. (pagination errors; quire 3Y bound before 3X), (21) ff. comprising the table of contents and the King’s privilege. Contemporary tan sheepskin, ribbed spine, tan title label, compartments decorated with a gilt iron stamp, double gilt fillet framing the covers (binding rubbed, scuff marks, split joints, foxing, minor marginal defects including worm damage and tears, frontispiece missing).
This edition was distributed by several booksellers, and although the copy bearing Courbe’s address is the most famous, it can also be found at Pierre Recollet, Courterot and Loyson.
One of the most highly regarded editions of the Essays.
Provenance: Library of Mr Delasize, a lawyer (19th-century engraved ex-libris on the upper half-cover).
Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné.
Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller with a passion for bookbinding, a flautist and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, moved in both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the decorative arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were mainly staged in the Paris region.
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