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CAVAFY

A TRIBUTE TO CAVAFY. A SELECTION OF POEMS WITH PHOTOGRAVURES BY DUANE MICHALS

Limited Editions Club [New York] (2003) Large folio (13" x 18-1/2") handbound in full purple linen with a black leather label on the front cover with embossed lettering. Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard and illustrated with photogravures by Duane Michals. This beautiful bilingual edition prints Cavafy's original Greek interlinearly with the English translation with the text set in rare metal types and the pages printed by hand on Arches paper. Michals's photogravures are expertly printed by Jon Goodman in a process called heliograph or intaglio photoetching. Copy #76 of 300 numbered copies SIGNEDby the photographer. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in slipcase, as issued.

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