[Rarebooks] FS: Cotton's translation of Montaigne. 3 vols. London: 1693

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de. ESSAYS OF... On Three Books. With Marginal Notes and Quotations of the Cited Authors. And an Account of the Author's Life.  To Which Is Added a Short  Character of the Author and Translator... New Rendered Into English by Charles Cotton. London: Printed for T. Basset, and M. Gilliflower and W. Hensman. 1693. 3 vols. 8vo. (24),555,(5);(6),722;(4),559,(1)pp. Copper engraved frontispiece portrait. The 3 vols. bound circa 1800 in straight grained dark green morocco spines over green boards. A.e.q. Hinges rubbed and the corners of the boards are worn. Minor losses at heads of spines. Front hinge of Vol. III with a 2" split, but holding soundly.                       $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Montaigne's essays were first translated into English in 1603 by John Florio. Our set is the second edition of the Charles Cotton translation which first appeared in 1685-86. Our first and third volumes make no mention of an earlier printing, but our second volume, also printed in 1693, states that it is "The Second Edition." Wing M240 (Vols. I & III) and Wing M2480A (Vol. II).

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