Proensa; From the Provençal of Guillem de Peitau, Arnaut de Mareuill, Raimbautz de Vaqueiras, Sordello, Bernart de Ventadorn, Peire Vidal, Bertran de Born
(Palma de Mallorca): The Divers Press, 1953. First Edition. Small 4to, unpag. in printed stiff French-fold wrappers. Edges toned; general soil, old tape-strengthening to spine, otherwise very good. Item #206702
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.
Price: $350.00
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