LADY LADY..

Milan: Baldini & Castoldi, 1969. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing, with 46 black and white photographs and montages by Baranzelli, all depicting an uncredited and unclothed Lady, shadowed by or embedded in forest glades. Images evoke a gentle moodiness: "a dream of love" ("sogno d'amore"), as Chiara's introduction has it. Text in Italian, with a French epigraph by Paul Valery. Hardcover. Folio. Burgundy cloth boards in black and white photographic dust jacket. Very mild edgewear. Pages very faintly toned along edges.