A collection of 71 poems by 23 poets from the Tang and Song dynasties, first published in 1867 by Judith Gautier, daughter of Théophile, painted by Sargeant, and inspiration for Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. Hugh Kenner suggests Gautier might have been the first European to suspect that “there might be in Chinese modes of poetry never so much intuited by the West.” Contains translations before Pound of Li Bai’s “The Jade Staircase” and “Taking Leave of a Friend.” Split to the spine, resulting in the two parts of the book shifting a little, but sound and otherwise a nice copy with a little foxing.