Sixteen T’ang poems.
Hopewell, NJ: Pied Oxen Press, 1993. 4to. 21 pp., including half-title and 2 colophons. FIRST EDITION. The frontispiece is a woodcut tipped in, numbered and signed by Bill Paden. Original publisher’s boards. Item #17271
WITH A PERSONALLY SIGNED PRESENTATION FROM THE ARTIST. First edition, number 15 of 74 copies hand-set and printed in Palatino, Michaelangelo and Sistina types designed by Herman Zapf and cast by D. Stempel AG. T’ang poetry was written in the time or is characteristic of China’s Tang dynasty (618-907), when poetry was an important aspect of social life. One of the poems is a translation by Gary Snyder (b. 1930), a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry and the American Book Award. The artist, Bill Paden (1930-2004) lived in Japan studying Japanese woodcut techniques, ultimately returning to America to teach at NYU.
The first colophon is signed by Snyder, and the second contains a signed presentation from Paden to Martha [Sattler] dated March 4, 1996.
Price: $850.00