2001, ISBN: 9780231118392

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 5th December, 2001. Illustrated boards, 4to,. 294 pp, plates, ills. 122 lots. From the introduction: "In the past quart… Altro …

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 5th December, 2001. Illustrated boards, 4to,. 294 pp, plates, ills. 122 lots. From the introduction: "In the past quarter-century no collector of early printing, probably, has placed a stronger and more original focus on the textual contents of his acquisitions than J. R. Ritman. This has resulted in the formation of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica in Amsterdam, an internationally famous and energetic library that has become a centre for research in Neoplatonic, Hermetic and Rosicrucian thought of a kind that never existed before. In view of this foundation interest in the texts and textual significance of his books, it seems more than appropriate attempt to provide, in an extensive index to this catalogue, an analytic guide to the textual contents of the approximately one hundred fifty incunables offered both here and a year ago in the Sotheby's sale of 6 December 2000 (the sales designated as II and I respectively). Despite the masses of research on fifteenth-century printing that have been carried from the age of Panzer and Hain down to the present, no incunable catalogue has attempted to provide a full and consistent record of the textual contents of the books it describes...The Author-Text index attempts to identify both authors and texts - two quite different categories - in as concise and unambiguous a way as possible, citing for each whatever reference works seem to provide the most precise, most useful, and least ephemeral information. Boards bumped at lower fore-edge corners and front board slightly abraded there, otherwise Very Good., Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 5th December, 2001, 2001, 3, Columbia Univ Pr, 2000. Paperback. New. 172 pages. 9.00x5.25x0.50 inches., Columbia Univ Pr, 2000, 6<

2000, ISBN: 0231118392

[EAN: 9780231118392], New book, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Columbia University Press, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. The T'ang dynasty was the great age of Chinese poetry, and Po… Altro …

[EAN: 9780231118392], New book, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Columbia University Press, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. The T'ang dynasty was the great age of Chinese poetry, and Po Chu-i (772-846) was one of that era's most prolific major poets. His appealing style, marked by deliberate simplicity, won him wide popularity among the Chinese public at large and made him a favorite with readers in Korea and Japan as well. From Po Chu-i's well-preserved corpus-personally compiled and arranged by the poet himself in an edition of seventy-five chapters-the esteemed translator Burton Watson has chosen 128 poems and one short prose piece that exemplify the earthy grace and deceptive simplicity of this master poet. For Po Chu-i, writing poetry was a way to expose the ills of society and an autobiographical medium to record daily activities, as well as a source of deep personal delight and satisfaction-constituting, along with wine and song, one of the chief joys of existence. Whether exposing the gluttony of arrogant palace attendants during a famine; describing the delights of drunkenly chanting new poems under the autumn moon; depicting the peaceful equanimity that comes with old age; or marveling at cool Zen repose during a heat wave.these masterfully translated poems shine with a precisely crafted artlessness that conveys the subtle delights of Chinese poetry., Books<

ISBN: 9780231118392

Paperback, [PU: Columbia University Press], The T'ang dynasty was the great age of Chinese poetry, and Po Chu-i (772-846) was one of that era's most prolific major poets. This text brings… Altro …

Paperback, [PU: Columbia University Press], The T'ang dynasty was the great age of Chinese poetry, and Po Chu-i (772-846) was one of that era's most prolific major poets. This text brings together 128 of Po Chu-i's poems and one short prose piece that exemplify the earthly grace and deceptive simplicity of this master poet., Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets<

2000, ISBN: 9780231118392

Selected Poems, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Columbia University Press], Columbia University Press, 2000