Testamento del pez [Fish Testament]

Baquero, Gastón

Notes: 16 leaves. 9-1/2 by 10 inches. An edition of 80 copies.

A posthumous retrospective collection of poems. Baquero, a native of Holguín, was closely associated with the Orígenes group of writers founded by José Lezama Lima. Following the revolution, Baquero lived in exile in Spain until his death in 1997. This collection was edited and introduced by Remigio Ricardo Pavón. A longer book with the same title was published by Cuba's best-known artist press, Ediciones Vigia, in 1996.

The book was designed by Jose Emilio Leyva Azze with handcolored linocut covers with paper additions and blindstamping. The poems are printed letterpress on various types of thick handmade paper, with high recycled content, and bound with silver cord in a zig-zag pattern that echoes the fish scales on the cover.

OCLC: FQG NAM NOC VWM

Edition + Condition: Fine, with a numbered "certificado de autenticación" dated March 15, 2017 laid in.

Publication: Holguín, Cuba: Casa Editora Cuadernos Papiro, 2017.

ISBN: 9789597163572

Item No: #648

Price: $200