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Author: Michel de Montaigne (French, 1533–1592)
Typographical design by: Bruce Rogers (American, 1870–1957)
Editor: George Burnham Ives (American, 1856–1930)
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (American, founded in 1880)
Printer: Riverside Press (American, founded in 1852)
Typographical design by: Bruce Rogers (American, 1870–1957)
Editor: George Burnham Ives (American, 1856–1930)
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (American, founded in 1880)
Printer: Riverside Press (American, founded in 1852)
1902–04
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with letterpress decorative borders, initials, frontispiece portrait, and photomechanical facsimiles
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., variable): 36.9 x 24.5 x 7.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2262
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Boston and New York; Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1902[-1904]
Description(Boston and New York; Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1902[-1904]) 36.9 cm, 3 vols.; (v. 1) [4 ff.] 415 pp. [1 f.]; (v. 2) [3 ff.] 582 pp. [1 f.]; (v. 3) [3 ff.] 492 pp. [1 f.]; original publisher's half pale green cloth with printed paper spine label, marbled pale green paper boards (green cloth box).
No. 138 from an edition of 265 copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Edited by Ives from an English translation by John Florio (1553?-1625).
No. 138 from an edition of 265 copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Edited by Ives from an English translation by John Florio (1553?-1625).
ProvenanceWilliam A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.