The Sonnets to Orpheus
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Add to basketSold by The Limited Editions Club, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Add to basketThe Sonnets To Orpheus by the greatest writer of poetry in German since Goethe. Rainer Maria Rilke endowed the words of his native tongue with a new and unique significance. Rilke rarely describes a thing straightforwardly, explains a biographer. Instead, he uses the methods of a painter…He hints at parallels in other, unrelated realms, until the object stands before us, clearly and recognizable as itself… These fifty-five sonnets, published in 1923, three years before the poet s death, describe his relationship to every aspect of creation, and view death as a continuation not a termination of life. Our special edition offers a selection of twenty-nine of the sonnets in the original German with the superb English verse translation by Stephen Mitchell on facing pages. Balthus was encouraged by Rilke to dedicate his life to the arts. The two illustrations for this edition are a tribute to his childhood friend. Two color woodcut prints by Balthus. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Each signed by Balthus. The two Balthus images have been cut into woodblocks, one for each color, by the master Japanese blockmaker, Keiji Shinohara, who then printed them on hand-made Kozo Uwazen paper. The text, set by hand, was printed on hand-made Japanese paper. Book and box are bound in beige linen, overlapped with red Nigerian goatskin. One Volume, 13 x 16 inches. As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS).
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