RILKE, Rainer Maria; Robert Kipniss [Illustrator].
Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke.
"Enchanted one: how shall two chosen words achieve the harmony of pure rhyme": The Limited Editions Club Edition of Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke; signed by illustrator Robert Kipniss and finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981.
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this finely curated selection of Rilke's verse in both the original German and English translation. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with black and white lithographs. Boldly signed by illustrator Robert Kipniss on the colophon page at the rear. One of 2,000 numbered copies, this is number 106. English translations by C.F. MacIntyre. Preface by Harry T. Moore. Illustrated by Robert Kipniss.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) was a pivotal figure in early 20th-century European literature, whose poetry is renowned for its lyrical intensity, philosophical depth, and spiritual introspection. Writing primarily in German, Rilke explored themes of existential solitude, the transformative power of art, and the presence of the divine in everyday life, most notably in works such as The Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus. His distinctive poetic voice—marked by fluid imagery and metaphysical inquiry—helped shape modernist sensibilities and continues to exert a profound influence on contemporary poetry and thought.
Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke.
$650.00
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