Journal 1939-1942
Autograph signed by André Gide to G (aëtan) Picon.
Back slightly wrinkled.

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Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]’.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the...
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
First edition, one of 425 numbered copies on pur fil paper Lafuma for each copy, the tirage de tête after 69 Hollande paper.
Half morocco, covers and spine preserved, top edges gilt, bindings signed by Thomas Boichot.
Autograph inscription dated 11 novembre 1954 and signed by Charles De Gaulle to René Fillon on the first volume : "En souvenir de notre grande épreuve".
A nice copy, nicely bound, with an autograph inscription signed by Général De Gaulle.