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Coitus
Author
Title
Coitus / Ezra Pound.
Published
Paris : [Frederic Prokosch], 1969 ([Paris : Imprimerie du Trocadéro])
Physical Description
[12] p. : 1 col. ill. ; 73 mm.
Local Notes
BEIN Prokosch 12: This is number C. Autograph: F. Prokosch. Bookplate: F. Prokosch. Original ink sketch signed: F. Prokosch mounted on p. [11] (as noted in ms. on p. [3]). In marbled paper covered slipcase.
Notes
Poem.
Hand painted illustration by Frederic Prokosch.
First line of poem: The gilded phaloi of the crocuses.
Printed in Paris in October or November 1969 by the Imprimerie du Trocadéro with false imprint: Venice, 1939. Cf. Barker, N. Butterfly books, p. 173 and p. 237.
The false imprint "Venice, 1939" has been covered with label "Paris, 1969."
"Ten hand-illustrated copies of this poem were printed: three on Arches, numbered 1-3; three on Ingres, numbered a-c; three on Canson, numbered A-C; and one on Italian vellum, numbered X"--Colophon.
Pages [1-3], [6], [9-12] are blank, mounted ill. on p. [4], title on p. [5], text of poem on p. [7] and limitation statement on p. [8].
Variant and related titles
Gilded phaloi of the crocuses
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 31, 2012
References
Barker, N. Butterfly books, 31
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Original art.
Forgeries - France - Paris - 1969.
False imprints (Publishing) - Italy - Venice - 1939.
False imprints (Publishing) - France - Paris - 1969.
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