Essays of Montaigne / translated by Charles Cotton ; to which are added some account of the life of Montaigne, notes, a translation of all the letters known to be extant, and an enlarged index ; with portraits ; edited by William Carew Hazlitt.
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)
Category
Books
Date
1923
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3256310
Summary
Bibliographic description
5 v. : fascim., ports. ; 8vo. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full white publisher's cloth; double gilt fillet to form an outer border on upper boards; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper boards: fleur-de-lys in circle; spines gilt, lettered direct: 'Montaigne Essays and letters'; gilt top edges; light blue ribbon marker in each vol. Some uncut leaves.
Makers and roles
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), author Charles Cotton (1630 - 1687), translator William Carew Hazlitt (1834-1913), editor