Montaigne's Essays. John Florio's Translation. Edited by J.I.M. Stewart
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1931 [first thus].
Octavo, two volumes, xxxviii, 724 and vi, 708 pages.
Original tan morocco; spines in compartments with gilt-lettered green morocco title-labels; cartouches of gilt green morocco onlays to the front covers bearing the author's famous motto 'Que scay-je?'; top edges gilt, others uncut; covers a little marked and mottled; spines slightly darkened and creased; an excellent set, internally fine.
'This edition consists of 900 copies for sale in England by the Nonesuch Press and 475 Copies for sale in the United States by Random House Inc. It has been printed and made in Scotland by R. & R. Clark on Pannekoek paper and bound by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Company; the whole under the care of Francis Meynell. This is number 1354'. Florio's important translation was first published in 1603. This edition contains over 150 pages of critical apparatus, including an index and notes on the translation. [2 items].
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