Poems
By: by Li Tʼai Po ; from the Cathay translations by Ezra Pound ; etchings by Jane E. Goldman.
Contributors: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.; Goldman, Jane E.
Publisher: Dieu Donne Press and Paper
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Li, Bo, 701-762 -- Translations into English.
Notes: These "Cathay translations" are selected from a collection of translations by Ezra Pound of poems of Li Po and other poets that was first published in 1915 as: Cathay translations / by Ezra Pound, for the most part from the Chinese of Rihaku. All poems here are by Li Po (called Rihaku by Pound)
Printed on sheets glued to form a continuous strip, folded accordion style and attached to the case at each end.
"There are sixty copies of each etching ... The edition [of the book] is 25 with 9 artists proofs"--Colophon.
Table of contents: title: The river-merchant's wife; title: Taking leave of a friend; title: Leave-taking near Shoku; title: The river song; title: Separation on the river Kiang; title: Exile's letter; title: The jewel stair's grievance; title: Poem by the bridge at Ten-shin; title: The city of Choan; title: South-folk in cold country; title: Lament of the frontier guard.