The Sonnets to Orpheus
New York: Wittenborn & Co., 1944. Hardcover. Light blue boards, with blue paper dust jacket, navy blue cloth-bound slipcase, unpaginated, 9 BW engravings. OVERSIZE AA3. G+ (Slipcase has some scuffs and slight edgewear; dj has aged inconsistently; flyleaves have slight foxing; engravings have bled slightly onto adjacent pages (offsetting); SIGNED & NUMBERED BY ARTIST on final page.). Item #147288
Text is in German and English. A special edition of one of Bohemian-Austrian poet Rilke's master works, the 55-sonnet cycle known as "Die Sonatta an Orpheus," or "The Sonnets to Orpheus." Each verse appears in German and is paired on a single page with its 1942 English translation by M. D. Herter Norton. What adds value here are the nine accompanying engravings rendered by German-American artist Kurt Roesch (1905-1984). Each one is signed by Roesch, who also signed and numbered the final page. #2 of only 35 copies, and therefore, scarce.
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