Item #30127 Gesammelte Gedichte. Rainer Maria Rilke.
Gesammelte Gedichte.
Gesammelte Gedichte.
Gesammelte Gedichte.
Gesammelte Gedichte.
(Cranach Press)

Gesammelte Gedichte.

Gill, Eric (illus.)

Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1930-1933. Small quarto. Four volumes. 273; 285; 223; 267pp. One of 200 numbered copies printed on handmade Maillol-Kessler paper. The title was designed by Eric Gill, and the initials were done by Aristide Maillol. Initials and title lines printed in red. Volumes 1 through 3 were printed at the Cranach Press under the supervision of Harry Graf Kessler. In 1933, Kessler immigrated to Paris, so Volume 4 was printed at Offizin Poeschel & Trepte, Leipzig using the Cranach Press type. In the original publisher's bindings by Gerhard Prade of vellum-backed tan paper over boards, with giltwork to spine. Bindings are stamp-signed on lower turn-ins. Some edgewear, else a near fine set of a celebrated publication, all housed in slipcases. Item #30127

Price: $8,500.00

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