The Museum

VAN STEEN, Peter. The Museum. Poetry cycle in the original version followed by French, Dutch, German and English texts. Amsterdam: De Beuk, 1954. First edition, limited edition of 150 numbered copies, composed in Bembo typeface and printed by G.J. Thieme in Nijmegen. Small 8vo, grey publisher's wrappers with typographic label. COPY WITH AUTHOR'S AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION TO IGNAZIO SILONE, dated Amsterdam June 27, 1954: 'For Ignazio Silone / from a Dutch friend'. Literary association of considerable interest documenting relations between Dutch intelligentsia and one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century, central figure of European anti-fascism and Nobel Prize candidate. Foxing on cover, fresh interior. Rare in commerce, exceptional with this provenance.