AUDEN, W.H.

Five Poems. With a Foreword by Edward Mendelson.

(Cedar Falls) Labyrinth Editions 1983 Quarto. (36) pp. From a total edition of 120 copies, this is one of twelve printed entirely on vellum by Richard Bigus, illustrated by Maureen Carey, and signed by the printer, the artist, and the writer of the foreword. The illustration is an exquisite hand-illuminated color reproduction of Breughel's "Fall of Icarus," shown opposite "Musée des Beaux Arts," the poem in which it is described. The foreword and each of the five poems commences with a three-line initial in gold leaf, built out with gesso. Blue initials begin each stanza. Printed by a perfectionist who wrote "Whole days were spent kerning and adjusting letters on each two-page spread." Handsewn and bound in full limp vellum. Housed in vellum-backed silk clamshell box. Extremely fine.

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• продавец: Bromer Booksellers Inc. (USA)