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Shelfmark

Fd.3.14

Author

Uniform title

[Essais. English]

Title

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.

Varying form of title

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

Edition

The third edition. : Whereunto is now newly added an index of the principall matters and personages mentioned in this booke.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London, : Printed by M. Flesher for Rich: Royston, in Ivie-lane next the exchequer office., MDCXXXII. [1632]

Physical description

[14], 161 [i.e. 631], [13] p. ; fol.

Note

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".

Note

Last page of the main sequence misnumbered 161 instead of 631.

Note

Dedicatory poem by Samuel Daniel.

Note

Head-pieces, initials; printed marginalia.

Note

Includes index.

Note

The second (R1r) and third (2P5r) books each have separate title page, lacking edition statement and dated 1631; pagination and register are continuous.

Note

A6, "To the beholder of this title" is usually bound at beginning.

Note

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.

Note

Translated from the French into English by John Florio.

Citation/references note

ESTC, S114977

Citation/references note

STC (2nd ed.), 18043

Binding

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.

Copy-specific note

Previous shelfmark: En.4.4.

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England London.

Language code

eng fre

Identifier

B28602
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