Die Sonette an Orpheus. Geschrieben als ein Grab-Mal für Wera Ouckama Knoop The Sonnets to Orpheus. Written as a Monument for Wera Ouckama Knoop
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First edition
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 63 1 pp. Original marbled boards with gilt lettering on debossed green label of cover, protected by modern mylar. Inspired by the death of Wera Ouckama Knoop, playmate of Rilke's daughter, the Sonnets to Orpheus were written in February of 1922 at the Chateau de Muzot during a creative three-week period Rilke described as savage creative storm. With Rilke's
- Binding: Hardcover
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