Folie et Déraison. Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique Plon | Paris 1961 | 14 x 20,5 cm | original wrappers
First edition, of which there were no
grand papier (deluxe) copies, an advance (
service de presse) copy.
Spine slightly bowed, with a few tears and lacks to plastic film cover. Slight foxing in the margins of a few pages.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Foucault, at the time a young teacher, to Jean-Charles Varennes.A very rare advance copy, which could be said to have taken the place of the
grand papier (deluxe) copies.