"Ce n'est pas le premier projet qui ait été formé de traduire Montaigne en français moderne; mais c'est la première fois qu'il ait été suivi d'une exécution compléte."

1823.

64. The same,-avec les notes de tous les commentateurs. Paris, Lefevre (printed by Crapelet), 1823, 8vo. 5 vols.; portrait after that of 1818.

A reprint of the edition of 1818, to which it is conformable in all respects, except that the title-page mentions no particular editor; and that M. Johanneau's preface is omitted.

It is to be remarked that although this and the following editions are described by their publishers as embodying les notes de tous les commentateurs, they do not, in point of fact, contain more than a selection of the notes of all the commentators, and hardly any two editors agree in their selection of these notes.

1825.

65. The same, avec les notes de tous les commentateurs, et précédés de l'Eloge de Montaigne, par M. Villemain; Paris, Froment, 1825. 18mo. 8 vols. Portrait after that of Fiquet.

Short notice (not signed) by the editor. Notes from Coste, Naigeon, Duval, Johanneau, and Lefevre. Eloge by Villemain. Summary of the life of Montaigne. De Gournay's preface. Nine letters. The Servitude Volontaire. Analytical table of contents. Edition conformable to the preceding.

1826.

66. The same, avec les notes de tous les commentateurs; édition publiée par J.-V. Leclerc. Paris, Lefevre (printed by Jules Didot l'aîné), 1826. 8vo. 5 vols. Portrait by Dupont.

A good and handsome edition, forming part of the Classiques Français, published by the same bookseller. In addition to the notes of preceding editors, M. Leclerc has added some of his own, and others taken from the commentary of M. l'Avocat-Général Servan upon the first two books of the Essays. Notice of the edition. Remarks upon the life and works of Montaigne. Notes and illustrations. Epochs of the life of Montaigne. His family. His Journey. Remarks upon the admirers and detractors of Montaigne. Ten letters. Extract from Sebond's Natural Theology. The Servitude Volontaire. Analytical table of contents. La Boëtie's sonnets.

1827.

67. The same.-Paris, Rapilly, 1827, 8vo.

The edition of Chasseriau, 1820, with new titles.

68. The same, avec les notes de Coste, Naigeon, AmauryDuval, Eloi Johanneau, et autres commentateurs. Paris, Menard et Desenne, 1827. 12mo. and 18mo. 10 vols. Portrait. This edition forms part of the Bibliothèque Française, published by the same booksellers.

Summary of Montaigne's life; dedication to Richelieu; Gournay's long preface; summaries to chapters; nine letters; the Servitude Volontaire; no table of contents.

1828.

69. The same.-Paris, H. Bossange, 1828. 8vo. 4 vols. A reprint of the edition of 1802.

70. The same.-Edition selon l'orthographe de l'auteur, avec les sommaires analytiques, et les notes de tous les commentateurs; précédés de la préface de Mademoiselle de Gournay et d'un précis de la vie de Montaigne. Paris, Tardieu Denesle, 1828. 8vo.

6 vols.

De Gournay's dedication to Richelieu, and La Boëtie's sonnets, are printed in this edition. The notes are selected from different commentators. There is an analytical table.

1830.

71. The same— -(édition compacte), collationnée sur les meilleurs textes. Paris, Furne, L. Debure, 1830, royal 8vo. double columns. Some copies of this edition are dated 1831.

Villemain's Eloge. Nine letters; the Servitude Volontaire; analytical table. The notes are different from those in Desoër's edition, though Querard says it is a reprint of that edition.

1833.

72. The same.—Paris, Le Bigre et Firmin Didot. 8vo. 4 vols. Portrait.

A reprint of the edition of 1802.

1834.

73. The same, avec les notes de tous les commentateurs. Paris, Lefevre, 1834. 1 vol. Royal 8vo. Double columns. Portrait after that of Leclerc's edition.

Edition printed from that of Leclerc in 1826, omitting the preliminary pieces.

1836.

74. The same,-avec les notes de tous les commentateurs. Paris, Lefevre, 1836. 8vo. 2 vols. Portrait after that of 1826. The text of the Essays with notes. The letters, the Servitude Volontaire, and analytical table.

496

EDITIONS OF MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS.

75. The same-(forming part of the Panthéon Littéraire) Dedication; notice of the life of Montaigne, by M. Buchan. Bibliographical notice by Doctor Payen. De Gournay's preface. The Essays. Notes selected from all the commentators. Montaigne's journey. Ten letters. Avis de Catherine de Medicis à Charles IX. The Servitude Volontaire. List of authors quoted. Index.

1842.

76. ESSAIS DE MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE.-Nouvelle édition, précédée d'une Lettre a M. Villemain sur L'Eloge de Montaigne, par P. Christian. Paris: Victor Lecou. 1 vol. 8vo. No portrait; no translation of the quotations; no index. A few of the earlier copies had "une Lettre de M. Villemain," instead of a M. Villemain, in the title, either by mistake or for some other cause.

1844.

77. ESSAIS DE MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE,-avec les notes de tous les commentateurs. Ed. publiée par J. V. Leclerc. 3 vols. 1844.

in 18°. Paris, Lefèvre.

1847.

78. ESSAIS DE MONTAIGNE.-Edition épurée, précédée d'une notice par M. l'Abbé Musard, in 8vo. J. de Noel, Épernay. Publication de la Société de Saint-victor. 1847.

79. The same as 76.

1853.

1854.

80. ESSAIS DE MONTAIGNE,-suivis de sa correspondance, et de la servitude volontaire D'Estienne de la Boëtie. Edition variorum, accompagnée d'une notice biographique, de notes historiques, philologiques, etc., et d'un index analytique; par Charles Louandre. Charpentier, Paris. 4 vols. 12mo. The text is that of Mademoiselle de Gournay in the editions of 1595 and 1635. Literal translations of the quotations are given with references at the foot of the page. There is a judicious selection from the notes of the various commentators, and notes have been added. Variations of the text are given among the foot-notes. New letters of Montaigne also appear for the first time in any edition of the Essays. The index is new, and very full, in fact so complete as to make all that precede it in the French language comparatively worthless. There are no marginal summaries, but the typography is excellent. We can sincerely recommend it to those who wish to read Montaigne in the original.

EXTRACTS

FROM THE

ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE.

1. At the head of these must be placed the edition of the Essays published at Geneva by Goulart. In the Scaligerana Secunda, at the article Goulart, we read: "Il a fait châtrer les œuvres de Montaigne: Quæ audacia in scripta aliena." At the article Montaigne, Scaliger says, in reference to Goulart: "Ceux de Genève ont été bien impudents d'en ôter plus d'un tiers."

2. Réponse à plusieurs injures et railleries écrites contre Michel, seigneur de Montaigne, dans un livre intitulé la Logique, ou l'Art de penser, avec un beau traité de l'education des enfants et cinq cents excellents passages, tirés du livre des Essais, pour montrer le mérite de cet auteur (by Guillaume Béranger, but published anonymously), Rouen, Laurens Maurry, 1667, 12mo.

3. The same. With the author's name. Paris, J. Thoury, P. Débats et Augustin Besongue, 1668, 12mo.

This volume is now extremely rare; it is not in the King's Library at Paris, but it is in the British Museum, in the Library Sainte-Geneviève at Paris, and in the Public Library at Bor

deaux.

4. L'Esprit des Essais de Michel, seigneur de Montaigne. Paris, Charles de Sercy, 1677, 12mo. Engraved frontispiece, with portrait, and the Que sçais-je? Printed title-page.

5. Pensées de Montaigne, propres à former l'esprit et les mœurs. A Paris, chez Anisson, Directeur de l'imprimerie Royale, rue de la Harpe, 1700, 1 vol. 12mo.

6. The same.— -Seconde édition, considérablement augmentée, Amsterdam, Henri Desbordes et Etienne Roger, 1701, small 12mo. 7. The same.— -Amsterdam, 1703, Henri Desbordes au Kalves

traat, 12mo.

8. The same.-Paris, nouvelle édition, imprimerie bibliographique, au XIII (1805), 12mo.

9. L'Esprit de Montaigne, ou les Maximes, pensées, jugements et réflexions de cet auteur, rédigés par ordre de matières (by