

Band 23
Band 23 - Christian Morgenstern [Christian Morgenstern]
1st printing of 2000 copies
gilt titles and cover art of a six-sided star within a hexagon
over a radiant sun
title page art is ring formed by snake swallowing its tail (reprinted
from Band 6)
"Vorwort" by Christian Morgenstern - Weihnachten [Christmas]
1957
Nine untitled tipped in color plates with tissue
guards:
- [young girl in glass bubble wearing a thin gown is holding
out her ornate red-lined cape]
- [blonde angel with immense silver wings guides two flowers
into an embrace - bright sun in sky]
- [young girl with red cape and bare breast stands between
dried and blooming flower stalks]
- [young haloed girl in ornate jumper greets an angel in arched
church nave]
- [silver-haired youth with red wound(?) on chest stands wearily
before a lake which reflects the moon]
- [young woman with image of a child over her womb is supported
at the elbows by two angels whose wings enfold them all]
- [at left, a gnarled tree frames a woman in red being comforted
by an older woman in flowing silver robe]
- [a young man and woman embrace within a decorated blue robe
beneath a crystal arch]
- [blonde woman with pale silver eyes wearing a beautiful butterfly-decorated
robe raises her right hand as if in benediction before a carved
archway and a stained glass window]
There is no list in rear of book