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12mo (140 x 80 mm) 24 unn.ll., 1002 pp. (pp. 840-889 are omitted). Ninettenth-century red morocco by Cuzin, triple gilt fillet on covers, gilt ornamental central medallion, spine gilt with raised bands, inner gilt rule, gilt edges.
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Sayce & Maskell, 6; Desan, 19; Tchemerzine-Scheler, IV, 875.
Sixth edition of Monatiaigne’s Essais.
This “Protestant” Montaigne was published shortly before the extensively reviewed Paris edition by Madame de Gournet, Montaigne’s spiritual daughter. This rare Geneva edition was published without privilege, by the Protestant master printer François Le Fébure from Lyon : “François Le Febvre avait travaillé pour les Gabiano à Lyon jusqu’en 1587 avant de s’établir à Genève en 1590… Le texte a subi de nombreux remaniements et est criblé de corrections de contenu et de style” (Desan). This edition is purged of the 15 chapters censored by Simon Goulart, and it is in fact the reedition of the 1593 Lyon edition : “Réimpression en petit format de l’édition lyonnaise de 1593, mais la table analytique du troisième livre a été refondue dans celle des deux premiers. Le texte est expurgé par les soins des protestants genevois” (Tchemerzine).
Good copy, well established in the 19th century by Cuzin.
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