first edition
1954 · Paris
by Amiel, Henri-Frederic. Bopp, Leon
Paris: Librairie Stock, 1954. First Edition, one of 2,750 on Marais crevecoeur, from a total edition of 2910. Page size: 5.25 x 7.25 inches, 145pp. Bound in 3/4 bordeaux morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original printed wrappers and backstrip bound in, fine. Humorous tale comprising fragments from the personal journal of a ill-fated writer-philosopher from Geneva, Henri-Frederic Amiel (1821-1881), who at the age of 27 embarked on an exhausting and wholly unsuccessful quest for the "perfect" wife, edited by 20th century novelist and and critic, Leon Bopp. (Inventory #: 2325)