ZAO WOU-KI. - GIBRAN (Khalil Gibran) Le Prophète Paris : Marwan Hoss, 1992. - 3 volumes in-8, 240 x 220: (6 ff. first 2 blanks), 11 pp. (2 blank ff.), blank cover; (3 blank ff.), 75 pp. (3 blank ff.), 1 plate, blank cover; (3 ff. first 2 blanks), 8 pp. (7 ff. last 3 blanks), blank cover. Bibliophilic edition of the emblematic text by Lebanese poet Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), first published in English in 1923. This edition features, for the first time, the translation by French-Lebanese writer and poet Salah Stétié (1929-2020). It comprises three volumes: the first includes an important preface by the translator, entitled "L'Air immense et le livre" ("The immense air and the book"). The second contains the complete translation of Gibran's text. The third presents an analytical chronology, compiled by Salah Stétié. Volume strictly limited to 125 copies on Arches vellum, each enriched with an original engraving signed by ZAO WOU-KI (1920-2013) and signed by the translator, artist and publisher at the justification. One of 99 numbered from 27 to 125 (no. 68). A very well preserved copy, despite the insolate slipcase.
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ZAO WOU-KI. - GIBRAN (Khalil Gibran)
Le Prophète
Paris : Marwan Hoss, 1992. - 3 volumes in-8, 240 x 220: (6 ff. first 2 blanks), 11 pp. (2 blank ff.), blank cover; (3 blank ff.), 75 pp. (3 blank ff.), 1 plate, blank cover; (3 ff. first 2 blanks), 8 pp. (7 ff. last 3 blanks), blank cover.
Bibliophilic edition of the emblematic text by Lebanese poet Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), first published in English in 1923.
This edition features, for the first time, the translation by French-Lebanese writer and poet Salah Stétié (1929-2020). It comprises three volumes: the first includes an important preface by the translator, entitled "L'Air immense et le livre" ("The immense air and the book"). The second contains the complete translation of Gibran's text. The third presents an analytical chronology, compiled by Salah Stétié.
Volume strictly limited to 125 copies on Arches vellum, each enriched with an original engraving signed by ZAO WOU-KI (1920-2013) and signed by the translator, artist and publisher at the justification. One of 99 numbered from 27 to 125 (no. 68).
A very well preserved copy, despite the insolate slipcase.
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