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The sonnets to Orpheus
- Title
- The sonnets to Orpheus / Rainer Maria Rilke ; woodcuts by Balthus ; translated by Stephen Mitchell.
- Author
- Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926.
- Publication
- New York : The Limited Editions Club, [1997]
- ©1997
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Restricted use | Rare Books++ 21-576 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- [121] pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : 2 color illustrations; 42 cm
- Uniform Title
- Sonette an Orpheus. English & German
- Alternative Title
- Sonette an Orpheus.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Poetry.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) – Bembo (Monotype)
- Private press books – New York (State) – New York – 1997.
- Note
- Issued in drop-back box (45 cm.).
- "Three hundred copies of of this edition were designed, set in Monotype Bembo, and printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler. The paper is handmade Kozo Uwazen. The woodblocks were cut and editioned by Keiji Shinohara" -- colophon.
- Language (note)
- German and English on facing pages.
- Binding (note)
- In publisher's quarter natural linen cloth and leather spine; in a natural linen clamshell box.
- Call Number
- Rare Books++ 21-576
- LCCN
- 2010479760
- OCLC
- 37535054
- Author
- Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926.
- Title
- The sonnets to Orpheus / Rainer Maria Rilke ; woodcuts by Balthus ; translated by Stephen Mitchell.
- Publisher
- New York : The Limited Editions Club, [1997]
- Copyright Date
- ©1997
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- German and English on facing pages.
- Binding
- In publisher's quarter natural linen cloth and leather spine; in a natural linen clamshell box. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Rare Books++ 21-576 is [122?] of 300 copies; woodcuts are no. 86 and 50.Copy in Rare Books++ 21-576 contains publishers' description.
- Added Author
- Balthus, 1908-2001, illustrator.Mitchell, Stephen, 1943- translator.Bixler, Michael, printer.Bixler, Winifred, printer.Shinohara, Keiji, 1955- woodcutter, printer of plates.Limited Editions Club, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Rare Books++ 21-576