Lot 2308 , The Essays of Montaigne, 3 vols, London 1893, David Nutt and eight other volumes,

The Essays of Montaigne, 3 vols, London 1893, David Nutt and eight other volumes, the Essays handsomely-rebound in three-quarter brown morocco and unusual marbling, the other books to include: Ashton (J), Humour, Wit & Satire of the Seventeenth Century, London 1883, Chatto & Windus, orig. vellum boards, No. 55 of 105; Les Chroniques de J. Froissart, Paris 1881, Hachette, chromolithographic engravings in colour and black and white, marbled end papers and edges; Doughty (C M), Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vols, London 1936, Cape, brown morocco; and Hone (W), Everyday Book for 1826, 1830 and 1831 and Year Book for 1832, tan three-quarter calf (11)
Estimate £120-180


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Sold for £120