Fd.3.14
[Essais. English]
The essayes, or, Morall, politike, and militarie discourses of Lord Michael de Montaigne, Knight of the noble Order of Saint Michael, and one of the gentlemen in ordinary of the French Kings chamber.
Portion of title: Morall, politike, and militarie discourses of Lord Michael de Montaigne, knight of the noble Order of Saint Michael, and one of the gentlemen in ordinary of the French Kings chamber
The third edition. : Whereunto is now newly added an index of the principall matters and personages mentioned in this booke.
London, : Printed by M. Flesher for Rich: Royston, in Ivie-lane next the exchequer office., MDCXXXII. [1632]
[14], 161 [i.e. 631], [13] p. ; fol.
Some copies have a variant state of the t.p. with the misprint "ad" in place of "an" in the phrase "whereunto is now newly added an index".
Last page of the main sequence misnumbered 161 instead of 631.
Dedicatory poem by Samuel Daniel.
Head-pieces, initials; printed marginalia.
Includes index.
The second (R1r) and third (2P5r) books each have separate title page, lacking edition statement and dated 1631; pagination and register are continuous.
A6, "To the beholder of this title" is usually bound at beginning.
Additional engraved architectural t.p. (signed: "Martin. Dr[oeshout]. sculpsit"). This, together with the preliminary dedications and the table of contents, precedes the letterpress t.p.
Translated from the French into English by John Florio.
ESTC, S114977
STC (2nd ed.), 18043
17th century English brown calf; gold tooled double fillet border, with blind tooled triple fillet, curved roll, and cornerpieces; gold tooled lozenge roll on board edges; modern rebacking in brown stained calf, with blind tooled double fillet and gold tooled title; five raised bands; blue and white marbled endpapers.
Previous shelfmark: En.4.4.
Royston, Richard, 1599 - 1686 publisher.
Flesher, Miles, ? - d. 1664 printer.
Droeshout, Martin, ? - - 1652 engraver.
Florio, John, 1553? - 1625 translator.
England London.
eng fre
B28602