ZAO Wou-Ki (naturalized French Chinese, 1920-2013) Pound (Ezra). Canto Pisan LXXVI. Paris, Pierre Belfond, 1972. One vol. in-fol. [53.5 x 35.5 cm], containing the 8 etching and aquatint plates (Ågerup 218 to 225). Very fine proofs on white vellum, very fresh, annotated "HC" and signed in pencil, in a folder with the artist's lithographed initials. Slight offset from plates to text leaves. One of 30 numbered copies in Roman numerals, very fresh, containing 4 color decomposition proofs of one of the subjects (Ågerup 222), the last signed in pencil, and the additional suite of 8 subjects on japon nacré, each signed in pencil, in a printed folder. Total edition of 180 proofs. Publisher's olive-green cloth boards, gilt title on spine.