[Rarebooks] FS: Montaigne's ESSAYS Designed and Decorated by T. M. Cleland

[Charles Agvent]

MONTAIGNE, Michel de. THE ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1946. Four octavo volumes (5-3/8" x 7-1/2") bound 
in half fine white calf with matching corners and boards covered with 
patterned paper designed by T. M. Cleland. Translated by George Ives, 
with an introduction by Andre Gide and a handbook to the essays by Grace 
Norton. Designed and decorated by T. M. Cleland. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED 
by the designer on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Bookplates 
on each front pastedown. Some darkening to the spines but none of the 
dryness typical for this set. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. 
(#017763)        $200.00

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