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Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
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Essais. Paris: Les Livres de Louis Jou, 1934-1936
3 volumes, 4to (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.; 328 x 252 mm). Title, initials and sidenotes printed in red and black, 3 woodcut portraits, colored coat-of-arms, head- and tail-pieces, initials and decorations (including covers and limitation statements) by Louis Jou. Dark brown morocco, gilt-stamped title on spine, edges gilt, red morocco doublures, in a morocco-trimmed chemise and slipcase, by E. Maylander, original wrappers bound in.
3 volumes, 4to (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.; 328 x 252 mm). Title, initials and sidenotes printed in red and black, 3 woodcut portraits, colored coat-of-arms, head- and tail-pieces, initials and decorations (including covers and limitation statements) by Louis Jou. Dark brown morocco, gilt-stamped title on spine, edges gilt, red morocco doublures, in a morocco-trimmed chemise and slipcase, by E. Maylander, original wrappers bound in.
Literature
Carteret IV, 288
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Number 43 of 30 on japon forme. With an autograph inscription to Henri Burton by Louis Jou, dated 8 April 1955.