Paul Valéry’s reflections on modern society

About this book

Essays on contemporary civilization, philosophy, and art by the French poet and thinker Paul Valéry. First edition, published in 1931 by Gallimard in Paris. Bound in full green morocco leather with gilt edges, spine decorated with raised bands and gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of the author. 256 pages. Limited to 1,000 copies. Original dust jacket preserved.