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Sale 277: The Art, Culture and History of Asia (#277) 01/15/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #72 Hyak Nin Is'shiu, or Stanzas by a Century of Poets, being Japanese Lyrical Odes

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Title:

Hyak Nin Is'shiu, or Stanzas by a Century of Poets, being Japanese Lyrical Odes

Author:

Dickins, F[rederick] V[ictor]

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Smith, Elder, & Co.

Date Published:

1866

Description:

ix, [1], 52, [2], xviii, xv, [12], 19 pp. Most pages with typographic border. 8½x5¼, period cloth with gilt decoration and lettering, all edges gilt.

Early edition of Japanese poetry for an English-speaking public. Dickins (1838-1915) was a pioneer in this field. The text he follows here is "Hyak Nin Is-shiu Mine no Kakehash" or "Steps to the Summit of the Hundred Odes of a Hundred Poets".

Condition:

Rebacked with most of original spine laid down, hinges cracked, endpapers stained; wormhole in the gutter margin (tiny except for the last few leaves where it catches a few letters).

Item#:

146080
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