29.5 x 19.5 cm. 52 pages printed in red and black. Original green morocco binding with red spine label, rich geometric gilding on both covers, all-round fillet and gilt head edges. In original slipcase. - While the first edition of 300 numbered copies is already rare enough, this deluxe edition is presented in green morocco. Only the first 100 copies were sumptuously bound by hand in leather. Duino Elegies is the title of a collection of ten elegies, begun in 1912 and completed in 1922. Their name is derived from Duino Castle near Trieste, where Rilke visited in 1912 as a guest of Countess Marie von Thurn und Taxis-Hohenlohe. A flawless copy. - Sarkowski 1338. - Wilpert/Gühring 2/40. - Von Mises 94. - Ritzer E 9. - Schauer, Vol. II, 50-51 with ill