The Sonnets to Orpheus
Artist: Kurt Roesch (American, 1905-1984)
Publisher: Wittenborn and Co., New York, 1944
Printer: The Golden Eagle Press, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke (German, 1875-1926)
Date: 1944
Dimensions:
Book: H: 16 in. (407 mm); W: 10 3/4 in. (273 mm); Depth: 5/8 in. (16 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 15 3/4 in. (400 mm); W: 10 1/4 in. (261 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 9 engravings with etching and aquatint on hand-made Montval cream laid paper, watermarked.
Text: letterpress on hand-made Arches cream laid paper (typeface: Etienne, Arrighi, Trajan, and Elizabeth).
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.1017
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