ROESCH, Kurt. The Sonnets to Orpheus. By Rainer Maria Rilke. Illustrated with 9 engravings and ground etchings by Kurt Roesch. Folio, bound in original cloth and dustwrapper in a cloth folding box. New York: Wittenborn & Co., 1944.

A fine copy of one of the first American livres de peintres: the etchings were printed by Kurt Roesch himself. The images are distinctly surrealistic; the overall effect is elegant, and somewhat austere. Edition limited to just 45 copies, of which only 35 were for sale, with all the prints signed by the artist, who also signed the colophon.

The Artist and the Book 263. American Livre de Peintre 43.