[Rarebooks] FS: CAVAFY with Photogravures by Duane Michals
Charles Agvent
agvent at erols.com
Tue Jun 26 14:00:40 EDT 2007
A TRIBUTE TO CAVAFY. A SELECTION OF POEMS WITH PHOTOGRAVURES BY DUANE
MICHALS
Limited Editions Club [New York] (2003) Large folio (13" x 18-1/2")
handbound in full purple linen with a black leather label on the front
cover with embossed lettering. Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip
Sherrard and illustrated with photogravures by Duane Michals. This
beautiful bilingual edition prints Cavafy's original Greek interlinearly
with the English translation with the text set in rare metal types and
the pages printed by hand on Arches paper. Michals's photogravures are
expertly printed by Jon Goodman in a process called heliograph or
intaglio photoetching. Copy #76 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the
photographer. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in slipcase, as issued. $3500.00
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