Tyler, Richard Oviet (American, 1926-1983).
THE PLANETS. Uranian Press, New York, 1958.
Uranian Press, New York, 1958.
The Second Edition of 20, with the plates loose in a portfolio, and with each of them titled, inscribed "Ed 2," numbered "6/20, signed in pencil by Tyler, and bearing the emossed seal of the Uranian Press at the lower right (the First Edition, of 5 copies, was a bound set of the plates, signed on the Justification page by Tyler, but with the individual plates unsigned).
Quarto, string-tied boards covered in white linen printed in black from woodblocks, endpapers printed in purple and red, paper folder enclosing 20 woodblock plates printed in colors.
The portfolio 14 x 10 1/2 inches, the plates each about 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches.
The whole in excellent condition except that the paper folder containing the plates is foxed.
We have seen a copy of the bound edition, but the work seems to very rare in either iteration.
The plates are as follows:
Plate 1: Title "The Planets,"
Plate 2: "Sun,"
Plate 3: "The Sun ever generous force of his being in the flow of self strength striving,"
Plate 4: "Moon,"
Plate 5: "The moon of our emotions surrounding memory influenced reflections of pleasant remembrance,"
Plate 6: "Mercury,"
Plate 7: "Mercury messenger of mind influence most observant and discriminating reaches attracts resembles snake a tree a heavy ___??," Plate
8: "Venus," Plate
9: "Venus upon us as into us the longing of love rules existence,"
Plate 10: "Mars,"
Plate 11: Mars infinitely delicate degree of devotion leads to deeds against falsehood destruction for the sake of creation inalienable dream of passion,"
Plate 12: "Jupiter,"
Plate 13: Jupiter father of forgiveness and sustaining belief of plenty keep faith favorable and optimism omnipresent,"
Plate 14: "Saturn,"
Plate 15: "Last planet of limitation leads us through purification into silence,"
Plate 16: "Uranus,"
Plate 17: "Cause ruler of spirit inspired in matter unknown and omnipotent,"
Plate 18: "Neptune,"
Plate 19: "Neptune dissolution unity divinity,"
Plate 20: "The Planets."
Richard Oviet Tyler...
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1950s Maine