Henri Georg

First edition printed in 175 numbered copies on laid paper and published by Georges Guigue from the manuscript preserved in the Saint-Pierre palace library.
Minor corner losses to covers and spine, a transverse fold on the back cover, some foxing mainly affecting the edges, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition printed on laid paper.
Bradel binding in grey half-cloth, smooth spine, burgundy shagreen title-label with marginal scuffs, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy complete with the portrait of Madame de Warens at the beginning of the volume and the facsimile of a letter at the end of the volume.
Madame de Warens was the tutor and mistress of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Our copy contains two signed autograph inscriptions by Henri Metzger, the first to Dr. L. Blottière on an endpaper, and the second, on the half-title page, to André Perrin.