1923 Essays of Montaigne Translated by Charles Cotton To which are added some account of Montaigne, notes, a translation of all the letters known to be extant, and the enlarged index

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Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

A uniform five volume set of works. A series of essays and letters by the French renaissance philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, born in 1533. The title page of each volume features Montaigne's famous quote 'Que scais-je?' which translates as 'What do I know?'. Despite his self-deprecation, Montaigne was an incredibly successful and influential writer who posed some interesting and important philosophical questions. Edited by William Carew Hazlitt, the bibliographer editor and writer. Each volume has a portrait to the frontispiece, each reproduced from portraits from the British Museum. Privately printed for The Navarre Society Limited.