The essayes, or, Morall, politike and millitarie discourses of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne, Knight of the noble Order of St. Michaell, and one of the gentlemen in ordinary of the French King, Henry the Third his chamber : the first booke
1603
The essayes, or, Morall, politike and millitarie discourses of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne, Knight of the noble Order of St. Michaell, and one of the gentlemen in ordinary of the French King, Henry the Third his chamber : the first booke
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592
1603
A translation of: Essais Title page continues onto the verso of the sheet Imprint from title page verso In three books, each with separate dated title page; register is continuous With two final errata leaves Signatures: Áı ℗œ℗ø B-Q́œ Ŕþ S-2Ṕœ 2Q-2Ŕþ 2S-3Íœ 3Ḱþ [3L]℗ø Preliminaries include quire ℗œ℗ø following A8. ℗œ1 bears a poem to John Florio; ℗œ2 bears errors and omissions; these 2 leaves are frequently lacking Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) Carl H. Pforzheimer Library English short title catalogue Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department copy) bound by Alfred Matthews in red morocco triple-panelled in gilt. The spine is tooled in gilt and all text block edges are gilt. The volume is housed in a purple morocco box. The BPL gift bookplate of Augustus Hemenway is present on the front pastedown. Laid onto the front flyleaf are six lines of verse in what appears to be a 17th century hand, but which are now ascribed to the hand of John Payne Collier, the Shakespearian critic and forger of documents who formerly owned the volume. Present on the title page is what appears to be the autograph of James I, King of England, as well as the autograph of Robert Gordon (1580-1656). This volume was item 1588 in the Gordon sale of March 25, 1816. Gathering ℗œ is wanting. Consult More Books/BPL Bulletin, Jan-March 1926, p.15 for a description of the provenance of this volume vis-a-vis Collier's forgeries
