Gilgamesh, Epic of Old Babylonia: A Rendering in Free Rhythms
New York: The Viking Press, 1934. 8vo measuring 9 x 5.5 inches: xi, 80 pages. Publisher's blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Boards lightly rubbed and edgeworn; spine sunned; bookplate on front pastedown; interior clean and bright. Very Good.
As Leonard states in the introduction, this work is an "Englishing" of the landmark German translation by Hermann Ranke. The result, as the New York Times wrote, is "a very lovely English poem."
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