The next book fairs will be SCOTTISH BORDERS (for details click here) on Sat 21st May & STRATFORD-UPON-AVON on Sat 4th June (click here).
CLICK HERE TO SEE DETAILS OF ALL OUR FAIRS.
THE APRIL ONLINE BOOK FAIR IS OPEN. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE.
CLICK HERE TO SEE DETAILS OF ALL OUR FAIRS.
THE APRIL ONLINE BOOK FAIR IS OPEN. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE.
Montaigne's Essays. John Florio’s translation. Edited by J.I.M. Stewart.



Book Description
8vo. 2 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1375 sets (475 for Random House in the USA). #209. Original full niger morocco, flexibly sewn, with green oval in centre of each front cover placed within gilt surround and lettered gilt, ‘Que scay-je?’. Raised bands on spine. Green title label on second panel down the spine. All edges untrimmed. Top edge gilt on the rough. Green endpapers. Printed by R. & R. Clark on Pannekoek mould-made paper watermarked ‘Nonesuch’. A few small marks to the boards of volume 2, otherwise fine.
Dealer Notes
Based on the third, corrected edition of Florio’s translation from 1632. The first edition of 1603 was used by Shakespeare.
Author
Montaigne, Michel de
Date
1931
Publisher
London, The Nonesuch Press
Friends of the PBFA
For £10 get free entry to our fairs, updates from the PBFA and more.