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LÆR MIG, NATTENS STJERNE!
TEACH ME, STAR OF THE NIGHT!
Text by Peter Laugesen
Eight etchings with woodcut color and letterpress on St. Armand handmade paper.
Binding: 10x9.5 inches. Vellum with Japanese cloth.
Edition Size: 40, 10 luxury copies, 5 artists' proofs

Peter Laugesen created a series of 8 new poems for the book in 1999. The etchings are meant to be an accompaniment to the text that functions as a collaboration similar to the way musicians may play together.

The text for this bilingual edition was printed by Daniel Keleher in Hadley, Massachusetts using specially cast type from the Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler in Skaneateles, New York. The original Danish version is printed on translucent Seikishu Japanese paper so it can viewed mirroring the English translation or opposite on the verso page.

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