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Lot 18
MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [FLORIO, JOHN-trans] The Essays.
Boston: Riverside Press, 1901. One of 265 sets. Three volumes, quarter linen over marbled boards. 14 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (36.5 x 21 cm); designed by Bruce Rogers, printed with the Montaigne typeface that he designed for the work. Lacking the cases and jackets, spines somewhat toned, some minor foxing at beginning and end, still a sound and attractive copy.
Based on a Nicholas Jenson design used in the 1470 Eusebius, the Montaigne face did not wholly please Rogers in the end, although it remains a handsome and highly legible type, today overshadowed by the designer's Centaur face, which used the same Jenson model. It is an imposing production. Offered with a copy of Montaigne's Essay on Friendship & XXIX Sonnets by Etienne de la Boetie, Houghton Mifflin, 1915, designed by Rogers and printed at the Riverside Press. Warde 33 etc.
C The Estate of Herman Steinberg
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