BAL'MONT, Konstantin Dmitrievich.

Zovy drevnosti. Gimny, pesni i zamysly drevnikh. Egipet. – Meksika. – Maiia. – Peru. – Chaldeia. – Assiriia. – Indiia. – Iran. – Kitai. – Iaponiia. – Skadinaviia. – Ellada. – Bretan' [The Cries of antiquity. Hymns, songs and thoughts of the Ancients. Egypt. Mexico. The Maya. Peru. Chaldea. Assyria. India. China. Japan. Scandinavia. Greece. Brittany].

Berlin,“Slovo”, 1923. 4to, pp. 319, [1], with a half-title; some slight browning, but a very good copy in the original quarter red cloth and ribbed grey boards, stamped in black, front cover with a vignette of the sun over some ruins in an oval surround. Third edition of a collection first published in 1908, much expanded to include 23 new ‘Ancient Egyptian lyrics’, an ‘Akkadian chant’, ‘Winter Poetry’ from India, 17 new tankas and haikus, ten new Oceanian legends, two passages from the Eddas, and some additions to the explanatory notes at the end.Tarasenkov p. 28.

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