I have here for sale a 3-book set entitled THE ESSAYS OF MICHAEL SEIGNEUR DE MONTAIGNE, translated into English, from the French edition by Peter Coste.  It is the 8th edition published in 1776 by J Pote, E Ballard, et al, London.  

Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight. Montaigne had a direct influence on numerous Western writers; his massive volume Essais contains some of the most influential essays ever written.

Bound in full tan calf leather hardboards with 5 raised bands to the spines and gilt volume numbers.  Both boards are loose on all three volumes.  Vol II has a vertical split in the binding block and spine.  Some tears and loss to the leather on Vols I and II.  Rubbed to edges.  Bookplate to Vol I for Charles Edward Rawlins with a note from John Aikin to Rawlins giving the book as a gift.  Internally the pages are pretty clean throughout all three volumes, just one or two pages that have light foxing.  Condition: good.  Vol I - 414 pages + index; Vol II - 608 pages + index; Vol III - 468 pages + index.  22 x 14 cm.