Catay. Poemas Orientales
Bogota: Libreria Colombiana, Camacho Roldàn & Compañia, 1929. First edition. 166 pp. Full red morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, ruled in blind, silk bookmark sewn in, all edges red and embossed. Original front wrapper bound in. A bit of foxing, the occasional light pencil mark throughout.
A collection of poems from the Chinese, translated from the French into Spanish by the modernist Colombian poet and politician. An apparently authorial inscription on the title-page has been unfortunately trimmed by the binder. Laid in is a cabinet card photograph of Valencia, signed by him and with a warm inscription on the verso, dated 1908. Item #2630
Price: $850.00