Cathay. Translations by Ezra Pound for the most part from the Chinese of Rihaku, from the notes of the late Ernest Fenollosa, and the decipherings of the professors Mori and Ariga
- London: Elkin Mathews, 1915
London: Elkin Mathews, 1915. First edition. Original brown wrappers, a fine copy, free from the frequently found spotting or foxing, one of 1000 printed. Bookplate of Eleanor and Fred Reid by Jack B. Yeats. These poems were not Pound's actual translations, but superbly allusive versions of the Chinese poems and the Anglo-Saxon poem "The Seafarer". Gallup A9.
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Title
Cathay. Translations by Ezra Pound for the most part from the Chinese of Rihaku, from the notes of the late Ernest Fenollosa, and the decipherings of the professors Mori and Ariga
Author
Pound, Ezra
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Publisher
Elkin Mathews: London
Date
1915
Edition
First edition