The works of Michael de Montaigne

This nineteenth-century English edition gathers Montaigne's writings in a single set. It centres on the Essays, with his letters and the account of his journey through Switzerland, Germany and Italy, and it includes a life of the author. The volumes let readers follow his thought from early, quotation-heavy pieces to the more personal later essays, and they show the man behind them as magistrate, traveller and reader. Themes include death, custom, friendship, education and the uncertainty of knowledge. It is a useful way to meet Montaigne in a full and rounded form.