CHARRON, Pierre. De la Sagesse trois livres par Pierre Charron.
CHARRON, Pierre. De la Sagesse trois livres par Pierre Charron.
Leiden: Iean [Johannes] Elzevier, n.d. [but 1659].
12mo. 125 x 70 mm. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, woodcut head- and tailpieces. A few faint, occasional, scattered spots, a little very light browning to a couple of quires at end. Contemporary crushed red morocco gilt, spine richly gilt with pointillé wave motifs. A.e.g. Overall, a fine copy.
The rarest of the four Elzevier editions, with a charming allegorical frontispiece engraving. A theologian and philosopher, Charron was notably a friend of Montaigne's, and a famous sceptic. The work was originally published in 1601 and translated into English as Of Wisdome in 1612.
A. Willems, Les Elzevier, vol. II, page 207 (giving date of this edition).
CHARRON, Pierre. De la Sagesse trois livres par Pierre Charron.
Leiden: Iean [Johannes] Elzevier, n.d. [but 1659].
12mo. 125 x 70 mm. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, woodcut head- and tailpieces. A few faint, occasional, scattered spots, a little very light browning to a couple of quires at end. Contemporary crushed red morocco gilt, spine richly gilt with pointillé wave motifs. A.e.g. Overall, a fine copy.
The rarest of the four Elzevier editions, with a charming allegorical frontispiece engraving. A theologian and philosopher, Charron was notably a friend of Montaigne's, and a famous sceptic. The work was originally published in 1601 and translated into English as Of Wisdome in 1612.
A. Willems, Les Elzevier, vol. II, page 207 (giving date of this edition).
CHARRON, Pierre. De la Sagesse trois livres par Pierre Charron.
Leiden: Iean [Johannes] Elzevier, n.d. [but 1659].
12mo. 125 x 70 mm. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, woodcut head- and tailpieces. A few faint, occasional, scattered spots, a little very light browning to a couple of quires at end. Contemporary crushed red morocco gilt, spine richly gilt with pointillé wave motifs. A.e.g. Overall, a fine copy.
The rarest of the four Elzevier editions, with a charming allegorical frontispiece engraving. A theologian and philosopher, Charron was notably a friend of Montaigne's, and a famous sceptic. The work was originally published in 1601 and translated into English as Of Wisdome in 1612.
A. Willems, Les Elzevier, vol. II, page 207 (giving date of this edition).