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RILKE, Rainer Maria (1875-1926). Gesammelte Gedichte. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse [volumes I-III] and Offizin Poeschel & Trepte with the types of Die Cranach Presse and under the direction of Kessler [volume IV] for Insel Verlag, 1930-1933.
4 volumes, 8° (264 x 74mm). Woodcut titles printed from type by Eric Gill, Insel Verlag devices on front flyleaves, Cranach Presse devices printed in red on colophons, woodcut initials by Eric Gill decorated by Aristide Maillol printed in red. Printed in red and black in Jenson Antiqua and Johnston cursive types. (Scattered light spotting, flyleaves lightly browned.) Original publisher's half vellum over paper-covered boards, the spines gilt in compartments and lettered in gilt in 2, top edges gilt, others uncut (board edges very lightly rubbed).
LIMITED TO 225 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 192 OF 200 ON KESSLER-MAILLOL HAND-MADE PAPER. Gill Eric Gill (1991) 342; Müller-Krumbach 'Katalog' 52. (4)
4 volumes, 8° (264 x 74mm). Woodcut titles printed from type by Eric Gill, Insel Verlag devices on front flyleaves, Cranach Presse devices printed in red on colophons, woodcut initials by Eric Gill decorated by Aristide Maillol printed in red. Printed in red and black in Jenson Antiqua and Johnston cursive types. (Scattered light spotting, flyleaves lightly browned.) Original publisher's half vellum over paper-covered boards, the spines gilt in compartments and lettered in gilt in 2, top edges gilt, others uncut (board edges very lightly rubbed).
LIMITED TO 225 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 192 OF 200 ON KESSLER-MAILLOL HAND-MADE PAPER. Gill Eric Gill (1991) 342; Müller-Krumbach 'Katalog' 52. (4)
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