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Pisni Bilitidy Les Chansons de Bilitis.
121920Vinnytsia n.p. 1925. . 16mo 16.4 x 9.9 cm; illustrations throughout small damp stain to title ;leatherette and paper covered boards illustration and label pasted on the upper cover a very good copy; 60pp. contents leaf.<br /> An unusual Ukrainian edition of Pierre Louys' famous collection of erotic poetry published in Podilia. The translator Serhii Smerychynsky was born in Balta in 1892 and worked as a linguist and director of the Vynnitsia Archives. He published numerous works on the Ukrainian language including a book on syntax in relation to phraseology and stylistics in which he advocated the use of vernacular constructions in all fields of speech and writing. His stance attracted attention from Communist Party and he was arrested and imprisoned in the 1930s. The front cover features a label dedicated to the author Pierre Louys with 'hommage d'admiration profonde'.<br /> Vinnytsia, [n.p.], 1925. hardcover
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