The arms of the Comtesse de Verrue (1670-1736) on copy of Montaigne’s Essais (Paris, 1725). She was god-daughter of the great bibliophile Jean-Baptiste Colbert & her own library numbered some 18,000 volumes (dispersed at auction in 1737). @theulspeccoll.bsky.social (Montaigne.2.4.14-16). (1/2)
