Sold for:
$185
$185
Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592) Essays , trans. Charles Cotton (1630-1687) London: for Basset, Gilliflower, and Hensman, 1685. Variant of the first edition of Cotton's translation, with volume two dated 1686, three octavo volumes, portrait frontispieces present in each volume, volumes not collated, bound in contemporary English calf, speckled, contemporary marbled edges, the set rebacked, with new labels, corners slightly bumped, one board corner with a significant chunk missing, later end leaves, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (3)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
