GIDE, André.
Le Roi Candaule. Paris la revue Blanche, 1901; in-8 red jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, mosaic ivory morocco lining, red silk endpapers, cover and spine preserved (binding by Huser).
First edition.
One of 10 copies on China paper, the only large paper (n° 18)
Autograph letter to Henri de Régnier, in green pencil on the title page: " A Henri de Régnier en amical hommage ".
Enclosed: autograph letter signed by André Gide to Romains Coolus, a critic who defended the King
Candaule in an article in the Revue Blanche;
From the Charles Hayoit library.
