436 - Gunnar Kaldewey - Shi-De. Five Poems. Poestenkill 2012. Includes five aquatint etchings based on watercolors by Gunnar A. Kaldewey. Original suede binding with a silver-plated cover vignette (Thomas Zwang, Hamburg). In original slipcase with gilt title on the spine and outer slipcase.

Gunnar Kaldewey - Shi-De. Five Poems. Poestenkill 2012. Includes five aquatint etchings based on watercolors by Gunnar A. Kaldewey. Original suede binding with a silver-plated cover vignette (Thomas Zwang, Hamburg). In original slipcase with gilt title on the spine and outer slipcase. Call time: approx. 5:20 p.m. (schedule subject to change) Kaldewey Press 76. — One of ten copies of the “Edition deluxe” featuring two bound-in watercolors and a suede binding (total print run of 40). - Imprint signed by the artist. - The Chinese calligraphy was printed on white Japanese paper; the etchings and the texts translated into English were printed on green Japanese paper. - Calligraphy and translation by Bun-Ching Lam. Cat. Bennington, p. 14 45.2 × 17.8 cm. [56] pages. - Spine faded. - First and last pages with a few faint foxing spots. English description: Includes five aquatint etchings based on watercolors by Gunnar A. Kaldewey. Original buckskin binding with a silver-plated cover vignette (Thomas Zwang, Hamburg). In original chemise with a gilt title on the spine and a slipcase. Kaldewey Press 76. - One of ten copies of the “Deluxe Edition” featuring two embedded original watercolors, in a buckskin binding (total print run of 40). - Colophon signed by the artist. - The Chinese calligraphy was printed on white Japanese paper, while the etchings and the texts translated into English were printed on green Japanese paper. - Calligraphy and translation by Bun-Ching Lam. - “A companion volume to our 2008 Han-shan edition, but in a different format.” Shide, a Chan philosopher of the Tang dynasty, left behind only a very small number of poems, five of which were selected for this book. He is always depicted holding a broom, hence the silver stamping on the cover of the Deluxe Edition. Chinese calligraphy and English translation by Bun-Ching Lam. The aquatints were created in Paris during the winter of 2011–12 and printed by Lars Dahms and Daniel Vogler.” (Cat. Bennington, p. 14). The spine is faded. - The first and last pages have slight foxing.