33 résultats
1915106560Slim 8vo. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1915. Slim 8vo 63 pp. Quarter vellum with brown paper covered boards decorated title stamped in gilt to upper and lower boards. Bookplate of Myra Lumbard Palache on front paste down and her name dated December 23 1915 on front free endpaper. Preliminaries lightly foxed vellum backstrip a little spotted very good. § Number 277 of an edition of 450 printed by the Riverside Press. A sweet printing of Montaigne's famous Essay on Friendship together with twenty nine sonnets by his great friend Éstienne de La Boétie. Montaigne is said to have begun writing his essays and particularly his Essay on Friendship after the early death of Éstienne de La Boétie left him without his preferred interlocutor. This attractive book was printed at a time when the First World War was raging on the other side of the Atlantic. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
197615216New Rochelle: Arlington House 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 160 pp. INSCRIBED by the author and dated in year of publication. A very good hardbound copy in price intact dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Arlington House hardcover books
1942RMONESS00EFLibrarie Garnier Freres 1942. Very Good. Montaigne Michel. Essais:Nouvelle Edition Conforme au Texte de L'Exemplaire de Bordeaux. 3 volumes. Rat editor Maurice. Paris: Librarie Garnier Freres 1942. 445 578 488pp. Indexed. 12mo. Pale vermillion paperback with envelope flaps. Book condition: Very good with slightly rolled and lightly creased spines. Very light rubbing and a few tiny spots. Pages have infrequent tiny spots. Printed mid-World War II this complete set survived the carnage in Europe. French language. Librarie Garnier Freres paperback books
1923155812London: Navarre Society 1923. Private. hardcover. near fine. 5 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait in each volume. Brown stain in volume one from aan early bookmark. Thick 8vo elegantly bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards some small spotting on leather; simple blind-tooled spines with gilt fleur-de-lys decorations and raised bands; marbled endpapers uncut edges t.e.g. London: Privately printed for the Navarre Society 1923. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Translated by Charles Cotton and edited by William Carew Hazlitt.<br/><br/> Navarre Society unknown books
1987UMONAPO00FPViking Penguin 1987. Very Good. Montaigne Michel de. Apology For Raymond Sebond. Screech M. A. New York N.Y. U.S.A.: Viking Penguin 1987. xliv 190pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and faint creasing to covers. Pages lightly toned. Viking Penguin paperback books
1993UMONESS00fpPenguin 1993. Good. Montaigne Michel de. Essays: a Selection. Screech M. A. London: Penguin 1993. xxiv 445pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good. Edges rubbed especially corners. Faint creasing on covers. Penguin paperback books
1902289781London: Reeves and Turner 1902. hardcover. very good. 4 frontispieces one fold out facsimile of letter title pages in red and black. 4 volumes. Volume I xciv 2 278 pages. Volume II vi 2 487 pages. Volume III vi 362 pages. Volume IV vi 299 pages. Large 8vos full vellum with wallet edges and un-trimmed edge ribbon ties missing on volume 1 which is also slightly warped otherwise a nice clean set.<br/><br/> An entirely new edition formed from a collation of the foreign quotations a fresh English rendering and a careful revision of the text throughout. To which are added some account of the life of Montaigne.<br/><br/> Reeves and Turner unknown books
19102289608Edwin C. Hill 1910. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Limited 'Emerson Edition' #351 of 1050 copies. Spines toned. 1910 Hard Cover. Complete in ten volumes. Beige cloth spines over blue paper covered boards paper spine labels. 8vo. An English translation of Montaigne's essays by Charles Cotton with his life letters notes an index and an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Revised by William Carew Hazlett. Includes tinted gravure plates and additional frontispieces and titles for this edition. "Essays is the title of a book written by Michel de Montaigne that was first published in 1580. Montaigne essentially invented the literary form of essay a short subjective treatment of a given topic of which the book contains a large number. Essai is French for 'trial' or 'attempt'. Montaigne wrote in a kind of crafted rhetoric designed to intrigue and involve the reader sometimes appearing to move in a stream-of-thought from topic to topic and at other times employing a structured style which gives more emphasis to the didactic nature of his work. His arguments are often supported with quotes from classical Greek and Roman texts. Montaigne's stated goal in his book is to describe man and especially himself with utter frankness. He finds the great variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features. A typical quote is 'I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself.' He describes his own poor memory his ability to solve problems and mediate conflicts without truly getting emotionally involved his disgust for man's pursuit of lasting fame and his attempts to detach himself from worldly things to prepare for death. Montaigne is disgusted with the violent and in his opinion barbaric conflicts between Catholics and Protestants of his time and his writings show a pessimism and skepticism quite uncharacteristic for the Renaissance. Overall Montaigne was a strong supporter of humanism. He believed in God but declined to speculate about His nature. He exhibited a quite modern cultural relativism recognizing that laws morals and religions of the various cultures while often quite different may all be equally valid. He opposed the conquest of the New World deploring the suffering it brought upon the natives. Citing the case of Martin Guerre as an example he believes that humans cannot attain certainty and he rejects general and absolute statements and all dogma. His skepticism is best expressed in the long essay 'An Apology for Raymond Sebond' Book 2 Chapter 12 which has frequently been published separately. We cannot trust our reasoning because thoughts just occur to us: we don't truly control them. We do not have good reasons to consider ourselves superior to the animals. He is highly skeptical of confessions obtained under torture pointing out that such confessions can be made up by the suspect just to escape the torture he is subjected to the first known use of this argument against torture. In the middle of the section normally entitled 'Man's Knowledge Cannot Make Him Good' he wrote that his motto was 'What do I know'. The essay on Sebond ostensibly defended Christianity. However Montaigne eloquently employed so many references and quotes from classical Greek and Roman i.e. non-Christian authors especially the atomist Lucretius. Montaigne considered marriage necessary for the raising of children but disliked the strong feelings of romantic love as being detrimental to freedom. One of his quotations is 'Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in and those inside desperate to get out.' In education he favored concrete examples and experience over the teaching of abstract knowledge that is expected to be accepted uncritically. 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. The official portrait of former French president Fran Edwin C. Hill hardcover books
1983WRCLIT84314London: The Bibliographical Society in conjunction with The Modern Humanities Research Association 1983. Large octavo. Navy cloth stamped in gilt. Plates and illustrations. First edition. Near fine without dust jacket as issued. The Bibliographical Society in conjunction with The Modern Humanities Research Association hardcover books
197693842Paris:: Librairie Gallimard Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. Text is in French. Edited by Albert Thibaudet. A later printing. Sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket without spine by design and acetate cover. No slipcase.; 1791 pages . Librairie Gallimard (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade), hardcover books
1982Embry 144427Franklin Library 1982. Fine. Full brown leather decoratively gilt. Franklin Library, 1982. hardcover books
1946265657New York: Heritage Press 1946. Hardcover. xlvi 816p. introduction very good Heritage Club editionin faux marbled boards brown cloth spine and gilt in plain gray shipping slipcase Sandglass newsletter laid-in with some toning. The handbook and comments would be found in the missing volume two. Heritage Press hardcover books
1980281989Franklin Center: Franklin 1980. hardcover. fine. Gonzalo Fonseca. Illustrated by Gonzalo Fonseca. 477 pages. Thick 8vo gilt-stamped black leather a.e.g. Franklin Library 1980. A fine copy.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books of All Time series.<br/><br/> Franklin unknown books
1979172132Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1979. First editions thus. Hardcovers. Three volumes of essays by Michel de Montaigne each translated by Donald M. Frame. All three books are in near fine condition in full leather bindings with all edges gilt and a bound in silk book marker but with a bookplate to the front pastedown of each book. A very nice set. The Franklin Library unknown books
1934289806New York: Knopf 1934. hardcover. fine. 3 volumes tall thick 8vo decorative black cloth brown printed d.w. edgeworn. New York: Knopf 1934-1936. A fine set in very good dust wrappers.<br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
1979108814The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of "The Great Books of the Western World". Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free end page. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
19081313362London: Grant Richards 1908. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo 453/657/498 pages; G/VG-/VG-; half bound in brown cloth; spines have faded gilt lettering; binding of volume one has heavy wear along the sides of the spine with chipping and an open tear has minor rubbing on both boards and heavy wear on the fore edge corners; bindings of volumes two and three have minor wear along the top and bottom of the spine have minimal rubbing on both boards have wear on the fore edge corners; original owner's name is written on the ffep in each volume; each volume has a plate with tissue guard next to the title page; shelved philosophy. 1313362. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Grant Richards hardcover books
1910311676New York: Edwin C. Hill 1910. The Emerson Edition #97 of 250 sets. 10 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco gilt spines t.e.g. marbled sides and matching endpapers. Fine. The Emerson Edition #97 of 250 sets. 10 vols. 8vo. VERY FINE SET. Edwin C. Hill unknown books
1982108668The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 1/4 leather bound with cloth covered boards gilt detailing and a permanent satin ribbon book marker. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
191067623The Emerson Edition MONTAIGNE Michel de. The Works of Michel de Montaigne. With notes life and letters. Complete in ten volumes. New York: Edwin C. Hill 1910. Emerson Edition. Limited to 1050 numbered copies of which this is number 73. Ten octavo volumes. Measures 9 x 6 inches. Comprising the Essays of Montaigne nine volumes translated by Charles Cotton revised by William Carew Hazlett i.e Hazlitt and the Life and Letters of Montaigne one volume with notes and index revised by William Carew Hazlett i.e. Hazlitt. With an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Photogravure frontispieces and plates. Frontispieces in two states one hand-colored. Full dark olive crushed levant morocco. Covers decoratively gilt-stamped with a floral motif and paneled in gilt spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt turn-ins maroon crushed levant morocco doublures decoratively tooled in gilt matching maroon watered silk liners top edge gilt others uncut. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Spines uniformly faded to brown. A fine and attractive set. HBS 67623. $3500 Edwin C. Hill unknown books
1910884311910. MONTAIGNE MICHEL DE. WORKS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE WITH NOTES LIFE AND LETTERS. Translated by Charles Cotton revised by William Carew Hazlett and with an Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Edwin C. Hill 1910. 1/1050. Illustrated. 10 volumes complete. Three quarters leather with marbled boards. A bit of rubbing to the extremes overall a very good set. unknown books
190248698Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company 1902. Edition limited to 265 copies folio 3 volumes; portrait frontispiece title page with elaborate woodcut border decorated initials throughout bibliography with reproductions of title pages in volume 3; original light-green paper-covered boards backed in cream buckram paper spine labels; boards toned a very good copy. Designed by Bruce Rogers during his early years with the Riverside Press this set demonstrates the excellence in classical aesthetic for which he would become famous. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin & Company hardcover books
190231631London: Reeves and Turner 1902. 4 volumes 8vo 4 frontispieces folding 2-p. facsimile letter; slightly later half green morocco by Zaehnsdorf gilt spines in 5 compartments 3 disparate gilt-lettered in 3 t.e.g.; spines browned else near fine. "A fresh English rendering and a careful revision of the text throughout 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 and other illustrations." <br/><br/> Reeves and Turner unknown books
192668954Paris:: Librairie Fernand Nathan. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. Text is in French. A later printing. Some of the illustrations have been hand-colored. Moderate shelf wear and aging else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Librairie Fernand Nathan, hardcover books
192768953Paris:: Librairie Fernand Nathan. Fair. 1927. Hardcover. Text is in French. A later printing. Some of the illustrations have been hand-colored. Water damaged with bubbling and loss on rear board moderate shelf wear and aging else fair in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Librairie Fernand Nathan, hardcover books
