Essays of Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne, William Charles Hazlitt (editor)

Verlag: Navarre Society Limited, 1923

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Bibliografische Details

Titel: Essays of Montaigne
Verlag: Navarre Society Limited
Erscheinungsdatum: 1923
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition, Limited Edition