André GIDE (1869-1951). P.A.S., January 22, 1924; 1page in-4, with administrative stamp. Certificate for Pierre Klossowski. "I, the undersigned Paul Guillaume André Gide - French, born in Paris, November 22, 1869, man of letters, living at 18 bis Avenue des Sycomores - Paris XVIe vouch for Monsieur Pierre Klossowski, born himself in Paris, where he spent the first nine years of his life; vouching for his distinctly Francophile sentiments, as are also those of his parents." The document is certified by a police commissioner, with his stamp. (The writer and painter Pierre Klossowski (1905-2001), and his brother the painter Balthus (1908-2001), are said to be Rainer-Maria Rilke's sons).