The Bread of Days

A Fine - oversize book approximately 14 by 10 inches – in a Near Fine slipcase with slight rubbing, touch of edge wear and several light spots on one side. The limited edition book (11 of 81 numbered copies) contains twelve poems, a collection  of classical Mexican poetry spanning five centuries by eleven of Mexico's greatest poets with an introduction by Weinberger, commentary and notes on each poem by Nobel Laureate Paz, and a discussion between Weinberg and Paz concerning Beckett’s (also a Nobel Laureate) translation of the poems. The book includes multicolor etchings created especially for this edition by Enrique Chagoya who is becoming one of  the most  highly regarded  Mexican-American  artists of his generation. The twelve full-page plates were produced by the master printer, Jesus Romero under the supervision of the artist; each signed in pencil by Chagoya. Book is signed on a limitation page by Paz, Weinberger, and Chagoya. The text is printed entirely in letterpress on handmade paper. Publisher's printed paper over special split boards, hand sewn and slipcased. The binding structure was designed  by Julie Chen; Renee Menge bound the book by hand. This is a very unusual and scarce book.