Essayes of Montaigne, Vol. I by Trans. John Florio
1889. No Edition Remarks. 400 pages. No dust jacket. White and grey cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Volume I. Copy no. 27 of 100. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Front endpaper is missing with rough cut edges to text block and front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible sunning and edge wear with noticeable bumping to corners. Heavy crushing to spine ends and major sunning to spine. Splitting to joints and fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.