In good condition. Typical wear to extremities. Marbled leather boards vibrant. Spines are rubbed, and Part I’s spine label lacking. Head and tails of spines lacking. Red-rotting present on leather joints. Gilt dentelles clean and bright with slight chipping. Corners rubbed to boards. All edges marbled. Marbled pastedowns and endpages bright and clean. Front gutters beginning to split, but still attached. Previous ownership signature on flyleaf of both parts. Toning throughout textblocks. Some instances of age staining. Frontispiece and illustrated initials have caused minor off-setting. Binding intact. Please see photos. 

Pierre Charron (1541-1603) was a French Catholic theologian and major contributor to the new thought of the 17th century. He is remembered for his controversial form of skepticism and his separation of ethics from religion as an independent philosophical discipline. This is a later printing of Charron’s work, first published in 1601. Strongly connected to Montaigne’s essays. Although Charron was a Catholic priest, he promoted skepticism and free-thinking. 

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