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Some Poems of Jules Laforgue

Caulfield, Patrick

London. Petersburg Press. 1973
The binder Rudolf Reiser's artist proof copy of Patrick Caulfield's illustrations for the poems of Jules Laforgue.

From the edition limited to 500 copies, this copy is an artist's proof from edition A of 220 examples, each signed by Caulfield on the colophon and with the text in English.

Caulfield's 22 screenprints illustrate 12 of Laforgue's poems.

The loose set of 6 signed prints normally included with Edition A is not included.
pp. 60. Small folio. (420 x 365 mm). Illustrated with 22 original colour screenprints by Patrick Caulfield. Original publisher's soft grey polished calf binding.
#48519

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