A Season In Hell by Arthur Rimbaud; Translated by Paul Schmidt
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1986. Mapplethorpe, Robert. First edition thus. leather_bound. 87 pages. 29 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 63 of 1000 signed by Schmidt and Mapplethorpe, with LEC Letter laid-in. Eight photogravures by Mapplethorpe protected with tissue guards. Text in English and French. Schmidt's translation of Rimbaud's "Complete Works," first published by Harper and Row in 1975. The livre d'artiste images by Mapplethorpe are his own interpretation of mystical, nocturnal melancholy of the Rimbaud work. Printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress in Gill's perpetua type. Text of mould-made paper with prints hand-made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani. Owner card front cover pastedown. Full maroon goatskin lettered in blind. Fine in fine lined slipcase. Item #20670
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