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BORGES, Jorge Luis.
Siete Poemas Sajones / Seven Saxon Poems. With a Foreword & Notes in English by the Author. Translations into English by Alastair Reid & Norman Thomas di Giovanni. Impressions by Arnaldo Pomodoro.
(Verona, Italy): Plain Wrapper Press (1974). First edition of the magnum opus of Richard-Gabriel Rummonds' Plain Wrapper Press. Limited to 120 press-numbered copies printed on Cream Richard de Bas handmade wove paper, the engravings printed by Fabio Ambrosi, the ornaments stamped by Renzo Pavanello & bound by Marcello Fornaro, signed by Borges & Pomodoro. Smyth, Plain Wrapper Press, 1966-1988, #14. Hutner and Kelly, Grolier Club, A Century For The Century: Fine Printed Books From 1900 to 1999, 79. Folio, illustrated with engravings, original vellum with plated bronze bas-relief plates by Pomodoro mounted on the front cover, in wooden box with relief-etched brass panel. A fine copy of this masterpiece of modern fine printing.
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