The Works of Michel De Montaigne With Notes, Life and Letters Complete in Ten Volumes by Charles Cotton and William Carew Hazlett, 1910

"The Works of Michel de Montaigne, With Notes, Life and Letters" translated by Charles Cotton, with notes by William Carew Hazlitt. Published in New York by Edwin C. Hill in 1910, this is the Limited Emerson Edition, number 698 of 1,050 copies printed. Complete in ten volumes, the collection presents the influential essays and writings of the celebrated French Renaissance philosopher, offering enduring reflections on human nature, society, knowledge, and personal experience.

Octavo (6" x 9"). Ten volumes, complete. Handsomely bound in full navy leather, with multiple gilt rules and red leather fleur-de-lis inlays at the corners framing the boards. Each spine features five gilt-decorated raised bands, gilt lettering in the second and third compartments, and a centered red leather fleur-de-lis inlay; the remaining compartments are framed in gilt. “Emerson Edition” appears in gilt at the foot of each spine. The set features gilt top edges and marbled endpapers.

The bindings are in very good condition, showing minimal edgewear and only lightly bumped and rubbed corners. The limitation page confirms this copy as number 698 of 1,050 printed.

An elegant collectible set for admirers of Montaigne, Renaissance philosophy, classic essays, and finely bound early twentieth-century books.