The Complete Essays of Montaigne
by Montaigne, Michel Eyquem
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0804704864
- ISBN 13
- 9780804704861
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About This Item
Used softcover book in fair condition. Previous owner was a cigar smoker. Pages clean. Image of actual book: cover has coffee cup stains. Cover has yellowing, staining, rubbing, smudging, bumping, crinkling on front and back and spine. Bumping on edges with staining. Slight smuding on outisde pages. This new translation of Montaigne's immortal Essays received great acclaim when it was first published in The Complete Works of Montaigne in the 1957 edition. The New York Times said, "It is a matter for rejoicing that we now have available a new translation that offers definite advantages over even the best of its predecessors," and The New Republic stated that this edition gives "a more adequate idea of Montaigne's manner, his straight and unpretentious style, than any of the half-dozen previous English translations." 1965. T2.
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- Bookseller
- Better Bindings (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2750
- Title
- The Complete Essays of Montaigne
- Author
- Montaigne, Michel Eyquem
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0804704864
- ISBN 13
- 9780804704861
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 908
- Size
- 6 x 1.9 x 8.9 inches
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