SZYMBORSKA W. - Dodici poesie. Milano 2015. 63 copies published.

SZYMBORSKA Wisława - Dodici poesie. Traduzione di Pietro Marchesani. Tre aquarelli originali di Alina Kalczyńska. Milano 2015; All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro. 4, p. [49], plate 3. broch., original cartridge case.
Very good condition. Exclusive, non-saleable, limited to only 63 pieces, bilingual edition of Szymborska's poems. Compiled in its entirety and furnished with her three original watercolors by Alina Kalczynska-Scheiwiller. Parallel Polish and Italian text. The book contains 12 works by the Nobel Prize winner, facsimiles of manuscripts of three poems (Three Words Most Strange, Example, Everything), an afterword by Laura Novati (in Italian only), a colophon giving publishing details (type of papers used, typeface, circulation). Under the colophon piece number (36) and Alina Kalczynska's signature. On the front cover a geometric relief composition by the artist. Elegant cartridge with "Szymborska - Kalczyńska" printed on the spine and the piece number handwritten. Publication widely regarded as the most beautifully published book by Wislawa Szymborska.