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Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) & Eduard Prüssen (1930-2019) The Raven.
Cologne, Germany: Donkey Press, 2000.
Limited edition, quarto; no. 38 of 55 numbered and signed copies; text in English accompanied by Charles Baudelaire's French translation; illustrated with 20 original linocuts in blue and black, each signed by the illustrator Prüssen in pencil on the lower blank margin; bound in black cloth with raven image to front board, spine lettered in white and with a printed label, blue endpapers; 13 x 8 in.
A stunning edition of Poe's poem featuring original illustrations by Eduard Prüssen, this work comes on the heels of decades of collaboration between the master linocut artist and the Donkey Press.
