Montaigne / Da Ros - Les Essais de Montaigne - 1973-1974

A numbered Belle collection on Rives vellum watermarked Sefer with Leopard on parchment and superbly illustrated by Da Ros -

Montaigne designed the form of the essay to express his personal convictions and private meditations, in a form that is barely to be described as anticipatory -

The most important essay, the Apology of Raimond Sebonde, has been described as "without equal in modern literature for its struggle against fanaticism and its advocacy of tolerance" -

A major work of Montaigne and humanist thought, it drew its "substantial core" from ancient authors -

A vast essay on the condition of humanity, it covers the widest range of subjects: medicine, arts, internal affairs, disease, ancient history, etc. -

It remains today the reference work for the analysis of the self and for introspection -

Montaigne / Da Ros - The Essays of Montaigne - 1973/1974 - 4 Volumes - Éditions d'Art Sefer -
267 + 293 + 277 + 294 Pages.

Very good condition of the bindings, volumes in full blue morocco (publisher's binding), in a case with matching leather cover, slight wear on the cases, gilded top edges, spine with raised bands bearing gilded titles and author name, adorned with gilded compartments with cold-pressed motifs, boards framed by cold friezes and gilded fillets with at the center the author's portrait -

Very good interior condition, color title, limited edition of 2200 copies on Rives vellum watermarked Sefer with Leopard on parchment, numbered copy (No. 1767), illustrated by Da Ros, color illustrations, charming initials, text framed by a frieze on each page, very clean copy with no stains, creases or annotations, blue moiré endpapers in good condition -

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