Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse. Le système totémique en Australie

Les Formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse. Le système totémique en Australie [The Elementary Forms of Religious Life]

Félix Alcan | Paris 1912| 14 x 23.5 cm | contemporary sheepskin

First edition, of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Bound in half brown sheepskin, spine in five compartments, marbled endpapers, contemporary binding.
Rare handwritten inscription signed by Emile Durkheim to «mon collègue et ami» («my colleague and friend») the philosopher, member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques (Dominique) Parodi.
Some annotations from the recipient in pencil in the margins.
Very rare.