PASTERNAK, Boris.

Izbrannye perevody [Selected translations].

Moscow, “Sovetskii pisatel’”, 1940. 8vo, pp. 200, with frontispiece portrait of Heinrich von Kleistand 6 more portraits included in pagination; a very good copy in the original publishers’ boards, head and tail of spine slightly worn, old Soviet bookshop ticket inside back cover. First edition: a volume of Pasternak’s translations, produced during the 8-year period when he was prohibited from publishing his own work. The volume includes translations of works by Heinrich von Kleist (Prinz Friedrich von Homburg), Shakespeare (‘Orpheus with his lute …’, from Henry VIII; the song ‘Winter’ from Love’s Labours Lost, and Sonnets 66 and 73), Sir Walter Raleigh, Byron, Keats, Verlaine, and Hans Sachs.Tarasenkov p. 295.

• GBP 550.00 > Andere Währungen
• Bestellnummer: F1451.1

• Antiquariat: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)