Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne. . In three books. With marginal notes and quotations of the cited authors. And an account of the author's life. To which is added a short character of the author and translator, by way of letter; written by a person of honour. Now rendred into English by Charles Cotton, Esq; The first volume.
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)
Category
Books
Date
1693
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3052538
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],555,[5]p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. . 8vo.. 4 extra printed leaves inserted between A2 and A3 (signatures *1-4), containing an address to Charles Cotton, signed at end 'Hallifax'. Shelved and uniform with vols. 2-3. Identified in 1768 catalogue: M.8.. Provenance: Bookplate: George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841.. Binding: Late seventeenth-century mottled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with red title label.
Makers and roles
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) Charles Cotton (1630 - 1687) George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, FRS, MP (1633-1695).