[Rarebooks] For Sale: Montaigne's Essais, 6 volumes, 1739

[Norman Kane]

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE.  ESSAIS . . .  DONNEZ SUR 
LES PLUS ANCIENNES & LES PLUS CORRECTES EDITIONS 
AUGMENTEZ DE PLUSIEURS LETTRES . . . AVEC DES 
NOTES; & UNE TABLE GENERALE ... PAR PIERRE COSTE. 
QUATRIEME EDITION , AUGMENTEE DE LA VIE DE 
MONTAIGNE, & DE NOUVELLES NOTES QUI NE SE 
TROUVENT POINT DANS LES TROISDERNIERES EDITIONS 
PUBLIEES EN  1724, 1725 & 1727.   A Londres, Chez 
Jean Nourse, 1739, (a fictitious imprint; 
actually published in Trevoux.)  6 volumes, 
12mos,  approx. 7 1/2 X 4  inches,  old quarter 
leather with mottled boards, a little worn, new 
leather labels, collector's bookplates of Walter 
H. Howson.  Bottom and fore-edges uncut, top 
edges trimmed.  Portrait.  Title pages in red and 
black. Volume 6 includes Etienne de la Boetie's 
famous "Discourse on Voluntary Servitude"  ("La 
Boétie's essay against dictators makes stirring 
reading. A clear analysis of how tyrants get 
power and maintain it, its simple assumption is 
that real power always lies in the hands of the people.") $475.00
(Trade Discount Available)


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