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Arthur Rimbaud's A Season in Hell,
signed and illustrated by Robert Mapplethorpe

A Season in Hell: illustrated by Robert Mapplethorpe

MAPPLETHORPE, Robert; RIMBAUD, Arthur. A Season in Hell. Translated by Paul Schmidt. With Photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe. New York: Limited Editions Club, (1986). Quarto, original full red morocco, original slipcase. $1400.

First edition, one of 1000 copies signed by Robert Mapplethorpe and Paul Schmidt. Beautifully illustrated with eight photogravures by Mapplethorpe. With the acclaimed English translation by Paul Schmidt of Rimbaud's masterpiece on facing pages with the original French. A fine copy.

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