André Gide - Essai sur Montaigne - 1929

GIDE (André)

Essay on Montaigne.

Paris, at Jacques Schiffrin, Éditions de la Pléiade, 1929.

1 volume in quarto (24.5 x 18 cm), softbound, with a folded dust jacket, 142-[4] pages (complete). Very good condition.

Original edition.

One of 400 copies on Vélin à la Cuve from the Manufactures B.F.K., made especially and watermarked in the editors’ name.

André Gide (1869-1951) is one of the most important French writers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a Protestant family, he received a stern education whose mark can be seen in a substantial body of literary work, where the specter of sin and the pursuit of happiness continually oppose each other.

A fine copy.