Jacques Rivière explains the rarity of editions of Cahiers d'André Walter, Gide
Jacques Rivière explains the rarity of editions of Cahiers d'André Walter, Gide
Jacques Rivière, overwhelmed with work, belatedly sends information to his correspondent: “The Notebooks of André Walter have been printed both at the Librairie Perrin and at l'Art Indépendant. This last edition was to form a deluxe edition and was therefore to be the rarest. But the author [André Gide] dissatisfied with his book had all that remained of the Perrin edition crushed shortly afterwards. This is why the edition of Independent Art (which he had spared) is today more vulgar than the other […]”.
Black ink on strong paper.
Jacques Riviere (Bordeaux, 1886/1925)
French man of letters. He was director of the Nouvelle Revue française from 1919 until his death.