The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
The Limited Editions Club, 1987
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, eight hundred copies
of this edition have been printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club. The text was set in Monotype Didot and printed at Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy. The book was designed by Benjamin Shiff. The paper for the text was mould-made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani. This book was bound by Recalcati in Milan. Full vellum with gilt lettering. Book measures 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" tall, 219 pp.
Condition: Book has scratches on spine and soiling on cover, protected by glassine. Slipcase has mild soiling and scratches at the open side.
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illustrated with original artworks by leading book illustrators. Generally, LEC
published no more than fifteen hundred copies of any particular title, with a few exceptions. Copies are
numbered, most of them signed by the illustrator and occasionally also signed
by the printer or the author. In the 80 plus years of operation of this company, approximated
580 plus titles were produced.
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