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181128938London: W. Miller White and Cochrane Lackington Allen and Co 1811. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set. Small 4to. Modern fall calf binding with gilt compartments and borders and gilt spine lettering. 530pp; 545pp; 458pp 81pp index. All edges gilt. Frontispiece Vol. I marbled endpapers. Near fine to very good. Original text blocks clean and lovely and free of foxing with first few preliminary leaves showing age toning; modern bindings likewise tasteful and handsome although head of spine of Volume II bears 3/4" mended gash; circular blind-embossed ownership stamp on inner front flyleaf of each volume. A superb and quite handsome set of the ninth edition. W. Miller, White and Cochrane, Lackington, Allen, and Co hardcover
1866011362New York: Hurd and Houghton 1866. Hardcover. Very Good -. 4 volumes: 492 533 510 573 pages frontispiece portrait in vol. 1; 20 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine titles; blind-stamped decoration on front and back boards. Yellow endpapers. Bookplate on front fixed endpapers of Philip Justice Steinmetz. Philip Justice Steinmetz 1874-1945 was the headmaster of Episcopal Academy and rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Elkins Park Pa. Volumes 1 2 and 3 contain the Essays; volume 4 contains a biography of Montaigne by Bayle St. John; Diary of a Journey Through Switzerland and Germany into Italy; letters of Montaigne; and an index. A scarce edition of the works of Montaigne. A heavy set; for international shipping the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Very Good- Condition: fraying and minor loss at ends of spines; covers are lightly rubbed and soiled; several pages of vol. 3 are partially detached; internally clean and solid. Hurd and Houghton hardcover
