Paris. Éditions Gallimard: Bibliotheque de la Pléiade. 1962. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine, very delicate but intact pages, slight tanning over time. Jacket Condition: Near Fine, shelf wear and discoloration over time. 1790pp.

Exhaustive survey of French Renaissance writer & philosopher Michel de Montaigne's work, exemplary of his influence over the discipline of serious inquiry in the merging of critique with personal reflection that helped establish the essay as a literary genre. 

Texts & tables by Albert Thibaudet & Maurice Rat.
Intro. & Notes by Maurice Rat. 

Text in French.