29 x 19.5 cm. 52 pages printed in red and black. Original green half-morocco binding with spine title and gilt head edge. - First edition. 300 numbered copies printed on genuine handmade paper. 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. Immaculately preserved. - Sarkowski 1338. - Wilpert/Gühring 2/40. - von Mises 94. - Ritzer E 9. - Schauer, Vol. II, 50-51 with ill.