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Pietro Grossi; Howard Curtis (translator winner of the 2004 Society of Authors' John Florio Prize)
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Pietro Grossi and Howard Curtis (translator winner of the 2004 Society of Authors John Florio Prize)
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Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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More imagesThe Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne, The Second Book, Volume 1 (The Temple Classics)
Michael Lord of Montaigne; aka Michael de Montaigne; Florio, John (translator)
Published by J M Dent, London, UK, 1897
- Softcover
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 427pp, with decorative title page and tissue-guarded frontispiece. Bound in full, soft green leather with gilt motif on front and gilt titles on spine. Top edge gilt. Bound in silk ribbon marker. 16mo. Covers worn on all edges, mildly marked, rubbed at corners, sunned on sp…ine, with cracks in leather on top portion of front and rear spine joint. Ribbon marker faded and fragile. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A nice, tactile vintage volume, albeit past its best condition.
More imagesThe Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne, The Second Book, Volume 1 (The Temple Classics)
Michael Lord of Montaigne; aka Michael de Montaigne; Florio, John (translator)
Published by J M Dent, London, UK, 1897
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 427pp, with decorative title page and tissue-guarded frontispiece. Bound in full, soft green leather with gilt motif on front and gilt titles on spine. Top edge gilt. Bound in silk ribbon marker. 16mo. Covers a little worn on all edges, mildly marked, rubbed at corners, sun…ned on spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A nice, tactile vintage volume.
Language: English
Published by Grant Richards Ltd, London, 1904
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Add to basketCloth Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 'The World's Classics LXV'. Green cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration to spine. Pp ix, 429. Rubbed hinges and repaired spine head but overall a sound enough copy. Contents clear and clean; neat previous owner's name dated 1904. Images/further information available upon reqest.
THE ESSAYS OF MICHAEL, LORD OF MONTIAGNE: Volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
LORD OF MONTIAGNE, Michael; FLORIO, John (Translator); GOLLANCZ, Isreal (Editor);
Published by J. M. Dent & Co., London, GB, 1897
- Hardcover
Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.Falls Bookstore
Contact seller4-star sellerLeather. Condition: Disbound. No Jacket. Edition Not Stated. Leather bindings with gold colored owl printed on front cover and gold colored print on spine. This broken set of the essays by Montaigne are very old and in very poor condition. The binding on most have fallen off, but are still with books. This is a broken set consis…ting of 5 of 6 book set. vol 4 is missing. Frontspieces (illustrator).
More imagesEssayes (Essays) of Montaigne : Vol. IV
Montaigne; John Florio (translator), Justin Huntly McCarthy (editor)
Language: English
Published by David Stott, London, 1890
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Good tight copy, light wear to extremities esp at spine ends & corners, small splits, age tanning, light age spotting, text block is square & tight.
Published by J. M. Dent & Co., London, 1897
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. blue cloth, gilt lettering, S12 4.
Language: English
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. The first edition of John Florio's complete translation was published in 1603 and is notable as the first unabridged translation into any language. This is the Everyman's Library Edition published in 1910.The essays present a wide-ranging exploration of human nature, judgment, and everyday experience.… Rather than formal arguments, Montaigne offers personal reflections on subjects such as friendship, education, courage, custom, sorrow, and the uncertainty of knowledge. He uses classical history, philosophy, and anecdotes alongside intimate self-observation to examine how people think and behave.A defining feature of these essays is Montaigne's skepticism toward absolute certainty. He emphasiz.
Language: English
Published by The Modern Library/ Random House, Inc., New York, 1933
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Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks
Contact seller5-star sellerDecorative Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1035 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate/heavy signs of wear. Clean text. Edges are all worn. Foxing on all edges. Cover is slightly coming away from spine at opening of book. Date of 1993 is an approximation, and gleaned from other sources.
Published by London : G. Richards, 1908
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- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Good copy bound in quarter gilt-blocked cloth over paper boards. Some slight wear and sun-toning as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; volume three (only): 498 pages ; frontispieces (portraits) ; 24 cm. Notes; Title-page in red and black. "Only…1150 copies of this edition have been printed." Includes bibliographical references and index. First published in 1603. Translated from the French. Subjects; Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592). Essais. Essais (Montaigne, Michel de). French literature 16th century. French literature. French essays ; Translations into English. French Literature. 16th Century. Essays. Montaigne, Michel de, (1533-1592) French literature (1500-1600) Collected works in translation. Conduct of life ; Early works to 1800. Human beings ; Early works to 1800. Thought and thinking ; Early works to 1800. Genre; Illustrated. 3 Kg.
More imagesPublished by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1900
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. A smart copy of this collection of essays from French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, from the Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books series. Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books series. A collection of essays contained in three books and over one hundred chapters of varying length. Originally written in Midd…le French, Montaigne's stated design in writing, publishing and revising the Essays was to record "some traits of my character and of my humours." Written by Michel Eyquem, commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. Translated by Giovanni Florio, known as John Florio, an English linguist, poet, writer, translator, lexicographer, and royal language tutor at the Court of James I. Publisher's advertisements to the rear, lacking pages 5 and 6. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers. A tear resulting in loss to the rear endpaper. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
Published by J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1897
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Black cloth, gold lettering, Temple Classics edited by Isreal Gollancz. Frontispiece (illustrator).
Published by London : G. Richards, 1908
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- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Good copy bound in quarter gilt-blocked cloth over paper boards. Some slight wear and sun-toning as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; volume three (only): 498 pages ; frontispieces (portraits) ; 24 cm. Notes; Title-page in red and black. "Only…1150 copies of this edition have been printed." Includes bibliographical references and index. First published in 1603. Translated from the French. Subjects; Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592). Essais. Essais (Montaigne, Michel de). French literature 16th century. French literature. French essays ; Translations into English. French Literature. 16th Century. Essays. Montaigne, Michel de, (1533-1592) French literature (1500-1600) Collected works in translation. Conduct of life ; Early works to 1800. Human beings ; Early works to 1800. Thought and thinking ; Early works to 1800. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.
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Published by The Folio Society, London, 2006
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Books measure 24x16cm. Three volume set, Bound in original publishers blue cloth spines with gilt title lettering, marble boards. Bindings in fine clean condition. Housed in slipcase with little wear. Internally pages clean, fine. A very good clean set.
Published by London George Routledge and Sons 1885, 1885
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Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United KingdomReader's Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Cloth boards. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Spine is faded. Edges are bumped. Marbled page edges. Binding is tight. Pages are age tanned but clean. Previous owner's signature on fep dated 1893.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by The Folio Society, London, 2006
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Seller: Galbraith Rare Books, London, United KingdomGalbraith Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition thus. Condition: Near Fine. No jacket as issued. 3 vols. housed in publisher's slipcase. Marbled boards and blue cloth spines. Gold lettering and design. International shipping may be subject to additional postage charges.
Language: English
Published by Nonesuch Press, London, 1931
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Seller: Barry's Books, Comfort, TX, U.S.A.Barry's Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFull Morocco. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. Montaigne's Essays, John Florio's Translation, First Edition Thus. One of 1375 numbered sets (900 copies for sale in England and 475 copies for sale in the United States by Random House) 2 volumes, 8vo, full Niger morocco with green & gilt leather medallion onlays on front co…vers & green leather labels with gilt lettering on spines, five raised bands, t.e.g., NO Slipcase. Text based on third edition of Florio's translation (1632). Edited with an introduction by J.I.M. Stewart. The Nonesuch text is a landmark in that it is the first time modern standards of scholarly textual editing were applied to Florio's Montaigne. xxxviii, 724; vi, 707+(1) pages. Books are FINE condition. None (illustrator).
Published by George Routledge, 1893
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1893, Routledge vg copy , xxxii, 598 pp plus 8pp ads, contains the three books of Montaigne.
Published by J. M. Dent & Company
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Six 24mo volumes in full leather bindings, with gilt lettering and devices on the spines, top edges gilted, the spine/bindings are tight, pages are clean and untorn/unmarked, mild shelf wear and rubbing to spine tips, one volume has one inch of heavy abraiding at top edge, else all GOOD to GOOD++…. Still a nice attractive set. ; 32mo 6" - 7" tall.
The essayes of Michael lord of Montaigne / done into English by John Florio, with an introduction by Thomas Seccombe: two volumes only: vol. I & III
Florio, John (1553?-1625) [translator]. Seccombe, Thomas (1866-1923) [editor]
Published by London : G. Richards, 1908
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- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Good set bound in quarter cloth with a gilt title to the spines over paper boards. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 2 volumes (only): vols. I & III ; frontispieces (portraits) 24 cm. Notes; Title-page in red and black. "Only 1150 copies of this edition…have been printed." Includes bibliographical references and index. First published in 1603. Translated from the French. Subjects; Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592). Essais. Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592). French literature 16th century. French literature. French essays ; Translations into English. French Literature. 16th Century. Essays. Montaigne, Michel de, (1533-1592) French literature (1500-1600) Collected works in translation. Conduct of life ; Early works to 1800. Human beings ; Early works to 1800. Thought and thinking ; Early works to 1800. Genre; Illustrated. 4 Kg.
The essayes of Michael lord of Montaigne / done into English by John Florio, with an introduction by Thomas Seccombe: two volumes only: vol. I & III
Florio, John (1553?-1625) [translator]. Seccombe, Thomas (1866-1923) [editor]
Published by London : G. Richards, 1908
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- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Good set bound in quarter cloth with a gilt title to the spines over paper boards. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 2 volumes (only): vols. I & III ; frontispieces (portraits) 24 cm. Notes; Title-page in red and black. "Only 1150 copies of this edition…have been printed." Includes bibliographical references and index. First published in 1603. Translated from the French. Subjects; Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592). Essais. Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592). French literature 16th century. French literature. French essays ; Translations into English. French Literature. 16th Century. Essays. Montaigne, Michel de, (1533-1592) French literature (1500-1600) Collected works in translation. Conduct of life ; Early works to 1800. Human beings ; Early works to 1800. Thought and thinking ; Early works to 1800. Genre; Illustrated. 2 Kg.
More imagesPublished by The Nonesuch Press, London, 1931
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Add to basketFull-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. copyright 1931 new edition in two volumes. Brown leather over boards with guilt lettering and design on the front and on the spine. Green inside covers front and back. Gilt top page edge, for edge and bottom page edges are deckled. This edition consistent 900 copies… for sale in England by the Nonesuch press and 475 copies for the sale in the United States by Random House Inc. it has been printed and made in Scotland by R.& R. Clark on Pannekoek paper and bound by the Leighton/ Straker bookbinding company. The wall under the care of Francis Meynell this is number 271. Both copies show wear along the edges especially volume 1 along the raised bands with some browning along the edges, previous owners name written on the inside front flyleaf.
More imagesPublished by Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, and published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1935, 1935
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Add to basket[Mediaeval Literature] LIMITED PRIVATE PRESS EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (29 x 21cm), pp.[6] xvi; 318 [6]; pp.[4] xvi; 268 [6]. With occasional woodcut illustrations produced in facsimile by Beedham and Francis. Number 64 of 325 copies thus, letter-press printed on fine hand-made paper. Publisher's blue full morocco…, with gilt titles to spine. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed, with marbled endpapers. A series of old printed booksellers' descriptions loose to preliminaries. Internally crisp and clean, with some sunning and light wear to spines. Near fine. A fine private press edition of Isaac Jaggard's first complete English edition from 1625, paired with facsimiles of the woodcuts from an edition printed in Venice in 1492 by the De Gregorii brothers.
More imagesThe Essayes or, Morall, Politike, and Militarie Discourses of Lord Michael de Montaigne, Knight of the Noble Order of Saint Michael, and One of the Gentlemen in Ordinary of the French Kings Chamber
Montaigne, Michel de; John Florio, translator from the French; Martin Droeshout, engraver
Published by Printed by M. Flesher, for Rich: Royston, in Ivie-lane next the exchequer Office, London, London, 1632
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. This is the third edition of Montaigne's influential and famous essays, and on the title page it says that whereunto this edition is now more newly added an index of the principal matters and personages mentioned in the book. The celebrated architectural illustration that is engraved o…n the title page is by Martin Droeshout, responsible for the iconic portrait of Shakespeare in the First Folio, also appeared in this edition for the first time, Montaigne is credited with pioneering the modern essay form. His Essays are a collection of personal reflections, exploring a wide range of topics from human nature to philosophy, literature, and personal experiences. Published in three books, they were written and revised over several decades, with the first edition appearing in 1580. The remarkable modernity of thought apparent in Montaigne's essays, coupled with their sustained popularity, made them arguably the most prominent work in French philosophy until the Enlightenment. Their influence over French education and culture is still strong. [Wikipedia] They were originally written in Middle French and published in the Kingdom of France. Montaigne's stated design in writing, publishing and revising the Essays over the period from approximately 1570 to 1592 was to record "some traits of my character and of my humours." Montaigne's Essays went through several stages of publication, evolving from a two-book work in 1580 to a final, posthumous edition in 1595. The first English translation of Montaigne's Essays was published in 1603 by John Florio. This translation, titled The Essayes, or, Morall, politike and millitarie discourses, was a significant event in English literature, introducing the French philosopher's work to an English-speaking audience. Bound in full brown leather; the spine has raised bands with titling and ornaments in gilt. There are small chips on the right side of each band. A small piece of leather at the bottom of spine edge is torn away, and their is a slight crack to the top of spine along the front cover. The covers have some bumping and rubbing and a few small spots. It appears that the formal endpapers are missing, and there is just rough paper covering the inside covers. It is torn and revels glue remnants The front inside cover has a bookplate with a coronet and the Latin motto "Vernon Semper Viret", meaning in English "Vernon Always Flourishes". This appears to belong to George John Warren Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon (1803-1866), who was a British politician and member of parliament. He was also a devotee of Dante and The Inferno. The text pages have bright white margins but the printed text sections are somewhat browned. There small brown spots along the margins of pages 55-60, with one having become a hole. There are three books of essays, with the second and third books having title pages dated 1631. The first book: pages 1 - 177; the second book: pages 183-440; the third book: pages 443-631. It is followed by the "Index or Table of subjects that is unpaginated. Despite the noted condition issue, this is still a very good copy of this important book. LIT/073125.
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Add to basketLeather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine l…ends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1603. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 680, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 680 680.
