SANYU - T'AO TS'IEN. The poems of T'ao Ts'ien. Translated from the Chinese by Liang Tsong Tai. Preface by Paul Valéry. Paris : Lemarget, 1930. - In-folio, 333 x 255: (4 ff. first blank), 79 pp, (3 ff.), printed cover. First edition of this collection of poems by T'ao Ts'ien, or T'ao Yuan-ming (365-427), known as the "Chrysanthemum Poet" and considered the greatest Chinese poet of his time, translated by Liang Tsong Tai (1903-1983). It is prefaced by Paul Valéry. The edition is illustrated with a portrait of the poet after Hwang Shen, reproduced in phototype on the frontispiece, and 3 original full-page etchings by the Franco-Chinese painter and draughtsman SANYU (1901?-1966), who settled in France in 1920. He was one of the leading figures of modern Chinese art. Having reconciled the tradition of Chinese calligraphy with Western avant-garde painting, he was nicknamed "the Chinese Matisse". Limited edition of 306 copies. This is one of 290 on Arches vellum in the form. A very well preserved copy.