This will be the final entry on the Penguin “Black Classics”. There may be a few more floating around in my book collection, but the bulk of them have now been displayed.
First – Chinese & Japanese Literature
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| 1963 Edition A detail of a Chinese silk painting of 8th to 10th C with the young Buddha practising archery | 1972 Edition Detail from Ch’ing Ming Shang Ho Tu the famous scroll depicting a city of Cathay. Attributed to Chiang Tse-tuan |
1973 Edition – detail of the Shotoku Taishi E-den by Munezane (Heian period)
Spanish & Portuguese Literature
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| 1963 Edition A Zapotec figure from Monte Alban | 1964 Edition A detail of a Spanish manuscript |
1973 Edition
A Portuguese Caravelle rounding the Cape of Good Hope from the Atlas of Guillaume le Testu 1556.
Pirates
1969 Edition
Detail from “Battle at Sea” by Jan Peeters
Nietzche & Machiavelli
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| 1971 Edition Detail from an etching of Nietzche by Hans Old | 1964 Edition A bust of Machiavelli |
I will be moving on to Pelicans in the next entry.
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