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Offered here is a beautiful 1980 Franklin Library Limited Edition of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays, bound in luxurious full leather with ornate gilt decoration.
This handsome volume features a deep dark leather binding with elaborate gold-stamped borders and decorative motifs to both covers and spine. The spine is titled:
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
ESSAYS
and bears the Franklin Library imprint at the foot.
This edition was translated by Donald M. Frame and illustrated by Gonzalo Fonseca.
The title page states:
Michel de Montaigne – Essays
Translated by Donald M. Frame
Illustrated by Gonzalo Fonseca
A Limited Edition
The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1980
Features include:
The translation copyright page notes the Donald M. Frame translation, with the Franklin Mint Corporation special contents copyright dated 1980.
Like New vintage condition.
The leather binding is exceptionally clean and well preserved, with crisp gilt decoration and only minimal signs of handling, if any.
The gilt page edges remain bright and attractive. Interior pages are clean, crisp, and tightly bound. Green moiré endpapers are clean and vibrant, and the green ribbon marker remains present.
No writing, highlighting, torn pages, loose pages, or other significant defects observed.
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This is one of the more elegant Franklin Library bindings, with the dark leather, restrained gold ornamentation, green moiré endpapers, and gilt page edges giving it a particularly refined appearance. Montaigne’s Essays is also a foundational work of Western literature and philosophy, making this volume appealing both as a reading copy and as a decorative collectible.
Your book will be carefully wrapped and securely packed to protect the leather binding, gilt page edges, and corners during shipment.
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