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Essais de Michel de Montaigne: texte original de 1580, avec les variants des éditions de 1582 et 1587. Publié par R. Dezeimeris & H Barckhausen
by MONTAIGNE, Michel de
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- Condition
- First two leaves of the second volume a bit foxed but otherwise in very good condition, an attractive set.
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About This Item
Paris & Bordeaux: Publications de la Société des Bibliophiles de Guyenne, 1873. First two leaves of the second volume a bit foxed but otherwise in very good condition, an attractive set.. Two volumes, octavo, handsome contemporary (? original) binding of quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt between raised bands.
The first critical edition of the Essais, published by the long-lasting Bordeaux-based learned society, the Bibliophiles de Guyenne (Guyenne is an archaic name for Aquitaine). The society remains active today. In 1980 Raymond Darricau wrote a study of this publication, "À l'origine des études montaignistes: la première édition critique des Essais (1580) publiée en 1870-1873 par la Société des Bibliophiles de Guyenne", which appears in Revue française d'histoire du livre (1980, pp. 421-457), as the society's Bulletin was renamed in the early 1970s.
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- Bookseller
- Hordern House Rare Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5000747
- Title
- Essais de Michel de Montaigne: texte original de 1580, avec les variants des éditions de 1582 et 1587. Publié par R. Dezeimeris & H Barckhausen
- Author
- MONTAIGNE, Michel de
- Book Condition
- Used - First two leaves of the second volume a bit foxed but otherwise in very good condition, an attractive set.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Publications de la Société des Bibliophiles de Guyenne
- Place of Publication
- Paris & Bordeaux
- Date Published
- 1873
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled boards
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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