GIDE (André). The Immoralist. Paris: Société... - Lot 85 - Ader

GIDE (André). The Immoralist. Paris: Société du Mercure de France, 1902. - In-18, 168 x 108: 257 pp., (1 f.), printed cover. Bradel demi-maroquin dark blue with corners, smooth spine, golden head, untrimmed, cover preserved (Paul Vié). Original edition, finished to print on May 20, 1902, printed at 300 copies on vergé d'Arches. It is one of André Gide's most outstanding works, recalling, but in a more complex way, Les Nourritures terrestres and is similar to two texts that the author would later publish: La Porte étroite and La Symphonie pastorale. In it, Gide recounts "the psychological journey of Michel, a young scholar (a sort of philologist), penetrated by civilization and morality, who, following a serious illness from which he barely escaped, learns to depart from his own knowledge and moral principles in order to return to himself, that is to say, to what he calls his 'authentic being'" (Antonini, Le Moment 1900 en philosophie, 2004, p. 320). SENDING THE AUTHOR TO OCTAVE MIRBEAU : to Octave Mirbeau // as a cordial homage // André GideBon exemplary despite the usual rubbing on the back and the slightly blunt corners . Attached : - TAGORE (Rabîndranâth) . The Lyrical Offering (Gitanjali). Translation by André Gide (Only authorized). Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1914. - In-8, 193 x 130: XXXIII, 147 pp., (5 ff. first and fourth blanks), printed cover. Paperback. First current edition of André Gide's French translation, printed February 3, 1914, with a long introduction by the translator in the original edition. A copy on laid laid paper, enriched by a dispatch from the author to the writer, playwright and journalist Régis Gignoux (1878-1931): to Régis Gignoux // with kind regards // André GideSlightly soiled cover, a few stitches on the edges, burnished spine . Freckles on the edges. Someone has written a number under the justification