77/1449 [Hogarth Press]. Rilke, R.M. Duineser Elegien. Elegies from the Castle of Duino. Engl. transl. V. Sackville-West and Edward Sackville West. London, printed by the Cranach Presse for the Hogarth Press, 1931, 1st ed. thus, 132,(2)p., woodcut initials by ERIC GILL, printed in 238 numb. copies (?), orig. gitlettered hvellum, t.e.g.

= Ritzer E9. One of the few Roman numbered copies. Roman numbered "VII" on colophon, H.C. copy not for sale on Maillol-Kessler paper and printed for the translator EDWARD SACKVILLE WEST. The Cranach Presse was known for its finely printed editions of non-German literature. So it was natural for the Woolfs to commission the Cranach Presse to print the English edition of Rilke's Duineser Elegien. It is one of the finest printed works by the Hogarth Press. With a loosely inserted letterpress folding leaf: R.M. RILKE, The Ninth Duino Elegy. Transl. by B.J. Morse (n.pl., n.d. Brown stain near lower edge. SIGNED by the translator in pen and ink. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLI.