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Sat, Jan 27, 2018 11:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 28, 2018 11:00AM EST
Lot 141

The Sonnets to Orpheus.

Estimate: $600 - $800

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Rilke, Rainer Maria. The Sonnets to Orpheus. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1997. Woodcuts by Balthus. Signed by artist at colophon; number 13 of 300 copies. Tan half-morocco and light tan cloth boards with paper title label; housed in matching clamshell with embossed leather title label inset on spine. Folio. With: Rilke’s The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (1982); 774 of 800 copies; gilt lettered vellum in cloth slipcase. Both fine.

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