Shelfmark
Bm.12.02
Author
Uniform title
[Essais. English]
Title
Essays of Michael, seigneur de Montaigne. In three books. With marginal notes and quotations of the cited authors. And an account of the author's life. New rendered into English by Charles Cotton, Esq; The first volume.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for T. Basset at the George in Fleet-street, and M. Gilliflower and W. Hensman in Westminster-Hall,, 1685.
Physical description
[20], 307, 316-638, [6], 384, 369-400, 415-422, 385-687, 686-725, [5] 573, [1] p, [3] leaves of plates : port. ; 18cm. (8vo.)
Note
Each volume preceded by portrait (plate) of Michel de Montaigne.
Note
Leaf 2S8 is blank.
Note
Volumes 2 and 3 with separate title page, pagination, and register; Volume 2 dated (perhaps erroneously) 1686 and volume 3 dated 1685.
Note
In this edition, lines 8-9 of title read: "With marginal notes and quotations of the | cited authors.".
Note
Lacking vol. 1 but shelved and uniform with volume 1 of a different edition.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), M2479; ESTC R2740
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 818:1).
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Binding
18th-century brown mottled calf; five raised bands; gold-tooled spine.
Added entry--name
Bassett, Thomas bookseller.
Added entry--name
Gilliflower, Matthew bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hensman, William, fl. 1671 - 1700 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B20654