Proensa; From the Provençal of Guillem de Peitau, Arnaut de Mareuill, Raimbautz de Vaqueiras, Sordello, Bernart de Ventadorn, Peire Vidal, Bertran de Born
by Blackburn, Paul
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Edges toned; general soil, old tape-strengthening to spine, otherwise very good
- Seller
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About This Item
(Palma de Mallorca): The Divers Press, 1953. First Edition. Edges toned; general soil, old tape-strengthening to spine, otherwise very good. Small 4to, unpag. in printed stiff French-fold wrappers. A decent copy of Blackburn's first book and the inaugural book of Robert Creeley's Divers Press. The poems are translations from the medieval French troubadours that Blackburn undertook with the encouragement of Ezra Pound.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 206702
- Title
- Proensa; From the Provençal of Guillem de Peitau, Arnaut de Mareuill, Raimbautz de Vaqueiras, Sordello, Bernart de Ventadorn, Peire Vidal, Bertran de Born
- Author
- Blackburn, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used - Edges toned; general soil, old tape-strengthening to spine, otherwise very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Divers Press
- Place of Publication
- (Palma de Mallorca)
- Date Published
- 1953
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