Michel de Montaigne ; J.-V

MONTAIGNE (Michel de). Essays by Michel de Montaigne, with the notes of all the commentators. Edition published by J.-V. Le Clerc, of the Academy of inscriptions and belles-lettres. Paris, Lefèvre, publisher; Ledentu fils, 1844. Collection of French classics. 3 octavo volumes of 580, 544 and 584 pages. 11x17 cm. Scholarly edition of the Essays provided by Joseph-Victor Le Clerc, dean of the Faculty of Letters of Paris, who gathers the notes of the main commentators; it was one of Montaigne’s reference editions in the 19th century. Half-binding in fawn calf of the period, smooth spines adorned with gold fillets, boards of marbled paper, marbled endpapers. Condition: spine rubbed and a little faded, corners worn; scattered foxing.

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