Portrait of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Lord of Montaigne. Born 28 February 1533 in Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, France. Died 13 September 1592 in Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, France. Steel engraving by Alphonse Leroy (1820-1902), after Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont (1797-1892), c. 1835. Reasonable condition. Paper a bit browned and slightly soiled. With some minor spotting/small staining. The right margin trimmed to the image. Verso: blank. Note: in a very nice contemporary handcolouring. With the original piece of tissue paper and a printed biography on 12 pages (=in a similar condition as the print). Note: dimensions reflect the entire leaf. Dimensions: 267 x 172 mm. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Lord of Montaigne was Writer, Philosopher, Essayist, Counselor of the Parlement in Bordeaux, Mayor of Bordeaux, Courtier of Charles IX, and One of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance.