391 - John Gerard - Hermann Rapp. Lost in the Vast Blue. Texts from Friedrich Hölderlin’s *Hyperion* and images by Hermann Rapp. [Weilrod,] Die Goldene Kanne, and Rheinbach 1996. With five colored handmade papers by John Gerard and Hermann Rapp, four of which are full-page and signed. Loose sheets in an original silk case.

John Gerard - Hermann Rapp. Lost in the Vast Blue. Texts from Friedrich Hölderlin’s *Hyperion* and images by Hermann Rapp. [Weilrod,] Die Goldene Kanne, and Rheinbach 1996. With five colored handmade papers by John Gerard and Hermann Rapp, four of which are full-page and signed. Loose sheets in an original silk case. Call time: approx. 4:50 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 22 copies, two of which are not for sale. - Imprint signed by both artists. - The blue-dyed paper, made from cotton and hemp, was hand-made by John Gerard. - “Hermann Rapp poured images, figures, and structures directly onto the hand-made, still-wet sheet; some parts of the image were formed and embossed in a special way.” (Imprint). - The text was set by hand and printed. - The cases were once again crafted by Sabine Nerlinger. - A very fine copy. - Two supplements (Editions John Gerard): Annette Droste-Hülshoff. *Die Taxuswand*. Handmade paper in block-bound format. 1995. One of 20 copies. - Johann Wolfgang Goethe. *Ein Anderes*. Handmade paper in leporello fold. 1999. One of 40 copies. 51.0 × 30.0 cm. [16] leaves.