[Rarebooks] FS: LEC Rilke: SONNETS TO ORPHEUS with 2 Original Multi-Color Woodcuts by BALTHUS, 1/300

[Charles Agvent]

One of many Limited Editions Club titles in our inventory viewable at 
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RILKE,  Rainer  Maria.  THE  SONNETS TO  ORPHEUS.  New  York:  Limited
Editions    Club   (1997).  Folio  (12-1/2"   x  16")   handbound   in
morocco-backed  linen  by  Carol Joyce and printed  on  handmade  Kozo
Uwazen  paper. Translated by Stephen Mitchell and illustrated with two
ORIGINAL  MULTI-COLOR  WOODCUTS by Balthus cut and editioned by  Keiji
Shinohara.  This  beautiful bilingual edition prints Rilke's  original
German  text  on pages opposite the English translation. Copy #110  of
300  numbered  copies SIGNED by the illustrator. Fine in slipcase,  as
issued.                                                       $2500.00

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