MONTAIGNE Michel de. THE TESTS. New edition enriched... Lot 388

MONTAIGNE Michel de. THE TESTS. New edition enriched and enlarged in the margins with the names of the authors quoted there, with the versions of the Greek, Latin & Italian passages. In PARIS, by Christophle JOURNEL, 1659. Three volumes, in-12, of (33) ff. 556 pp., (12) ff. - (1) ff., 827 pp., (1) p., (15) ff., - (1) ff., 610 pp., (17) ff., full ancient bindings in Havana calf. Spine with 5 partitions, floral and gilt spine with green morocco titlepapers, red gilt edges. Small missing at the foot of the spine of the first volume, a tear on the first spine of volume II, a small brown spot on the first title, angular missing on the second title, the title leaves seem to have been cut. Volumes a little short of head. Pretty engraved repeated title, with the portrait of Montaigne accompanied by his motto "Que sais-je? drawn and engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin. There is a table of chapters and a table of contents for each volume; the first volume begins with the author's warning, the dedicatory epistle of Marie de Gournay addressed to Cardinal de Richelieu and a preface to the same, followed by a biographical note. It is the first edition in three volumes. Rare.