27 x 18.3 cm. 1,200 pages. Original half-parchment volumes with spine title and gilt head edges. One of 200 numbered copies of this Cranach Press print on Monval laid paper. The most beautiful and noble edition of Rilke's poems. Printed throughout in red and black. The title page was woodcut by Eric Gill. Harry Graf Kessler viewed his press as a mission to give the printed word a form distinguished by perfect harmony combined with craftsmanship. Vol. 1: First Poems - Early Poems. Vol. 2: The Book of Pictures - The Book of Hours - Requiem. Vol. 3: New Poems - The Life of Mary - Duino Elegies. Vol. 4: The Sonnets to Orpheus - Poèmes français - Gleanings. A flawless copy. - Müller-Krumbach 52 with 4 illustrations. - Rodenberg 494. - Von Mises 129. - Schauer, Vol. II, 75. - Ritzer G 2.