Fleurs

Bestiary / Bestiario

1965 · 7675 — New York: Harcourt Brace & World Printed at the Spiral Press 1965. Limited Edition of 3500 Copies. Hardcover. Unpaginated pp. 37. Quarto. Original terracotta cloth over boards with blind-stamped monogram to the centre of the front board crisp black lettering to spine. Beautifully illustrated with Frasconi's vibrant woodcuts in-text and full-page plates. Ink inscription to the ffep else near fine and housed in its original price-clipped dustjacket showing some negligible wear now housed in protective mylar cover. Text in English and Spanish. <br/><br/>¶ "Antonio Frasconi a woodcut artist of international reputation has long been an admirer of Neruda's work. For this poem he has made striking pictures in two colors of great simplicity and strength. The work of the poet - in the original Spanish and in English translation - and of the artist has been beautifully printed on especially made utopian paper from hand-set type Emerson at The Spiral Press New York." Harcourt, Brace & World | Printed at the Spiral Press hardcover