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Lot 317
Sale 5126 - Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts
May 31, 2012
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$20,000 -
30,000
Price Realized
$17,000
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Lot Description
1 vol.
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1 vol.
Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne. Paris: Jean Richer, 1587. 12mo, late 19th-century gilt-paneled & floral vellum, a.e.g; minor wear. Contents expertly washed & lightly resized. Collates complete, title remounted & not conjugate with *4, as is the case in at least 3 other copies issued in 1587 & recorded by Sayce & Maskell. Leaf size 140 x 72 mm. First Paris & first 12mo edition.
Sayce & Maskell 3; Techemerzine, "Troisieme Edition Originale."