- Sl. frayed; horizontal middle fold throughout (sl. splitting at right end); backwr. browned/ soiled and dam. on fold w. loss of text; spine sl. worn.
= Rare.
AND 3 others designed by the same: "Dictatuur?" (Winternummer van De Groene Amsterdammer, 1934. Frontwr. only, cut sl. short in upper and right margin. Maan/ Van der Ree p.74) and 2 issues of Flimliga (year 7, no.4 and year 8, no.11/12).
- Sl. foxed (plates mostly fine); two lvs. w. sm. tear in lower blank margin; hinges strengthened w. tape.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATED to Doctor Arggull Robertson (mounted on first blank). Monumental work. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVII.
= Complete extensive publication comprising: I. Shang Ritual Bronzes. IIA/ IIB. Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes. III. Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes.
- Both vols. bookblocks broken and contents loose; occas. sl. frayed. Lacks backstrips.
= One of 500 numb. copies on alfa. The collection of Pierre Barboutau was auctioned on June 2nd 1904 at Hôtel Drouot.
- Occas. partly trifle yellowed.
= Monthly periodical devoted to Japanese architecture, art and culture. The art gallery of Bing was instrumental in the influence of Japanese art and japonism on the Art Nouveau. Rare, complete run with original dec. col. frontwrappers bound in. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVII.
= Marks and seals on pottery, manuscripts and printed books, enamels, lacquer, metal, wood etc.
- Bookblock of 2nd vol. broken.
= 1. Objects d'Art et Peintures d'Extrême-Orient (8-13 February 1904); 2. Estampes Japonaises et Livres Illustrés (15-19 April 1904).
AND: CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION DE M.J. STONBOROUGH. OBJETS D'ART DU JAPON (Drouot, 6-8 April 1938, plates, orig. (dam.) wr.).
- Sl. dampstained/ waterwrinkled in lower margin from p.180 onwards.
Classics of the Forbidden City: Lacquerware in the Collection of the Palace Museum. Ed. Cheng Lihua. N.pl., Forbidden City Publishing House, 2012, richly illustrated, text in Chinese only, orig. clothbacked boards, slipcase, large 4to (fine). Dees, J. Federn, Farne, Blüten. Ferns, Feathers, Flowers. Ed. M. Kopplin and F. Dunand. Münster, Museum für Lackkunst, 2000, 288p., num. col. ills., orig. wr., 4to. - AND 4 others on Japanese lacquer, i.a. H. GARNER, Chinese Lacquer (London, 1979, (col.) plates/ ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Partly sl. dampstained in top margin); M. BOYER, Catalogue of Japanese Lacquers (Baltimore, 1970, tipped-in col. frontisp. plate, num. monochr. ills., orig. cl., 4to) and A. YONEMURA, Japanese Lacquer (Washington, 1979, (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to).
= Auction catalogues of the famous collection of Edward T. Chow. Vol.1 Ming and Qing Porcelain; vol.2. Early Chinese ceramics and ancient bronzes; vol.3. Ming and Qing Porcelain and works of art.
- Wrappers visibly restored and w. stamp ("Ex libris Arthurii de Franquet"). Restored backstrips; covers stained; spine-ends and boardedges worn/ dam.
= The first vols. with the 3 index vols. and the CD-rom vol. in the orig. collector's acryl slipcase. Rare complete set, incl. 3 tri-lingual (English/ German/ Japanese) index vols. (publ. in 2004) and the CD-rom vol.
- Owner's entry on first blank and a few foxed spots on verso frontwr.; otherwise fine.
= Showing the process of adding colours to each block to create a typical Japanese woodcut.
Tschichold, J. Chinesische Farbendrucke der Gegenwart. Basel, Holbein Verlag, 1945, 17,(2)textp., 16 col. facs. plates, orig. wr., bound as a blockbook, orig. slipcase, folio. - AND 4 others, i.a. IDEM, Chinesische Farbendrucke aus dem Lehrbuch der Malerei des Senftkorngartens (Munich, n.d. (1940), richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., obl. 4to) and J.A. MICHENER, The Hokusai Sketch-books (Vermont/ Tokyo, 1959, 3rd ed., num. col. ills., orig. cl., 4to).
- Owner's entry on title-p. Tears in backwr. (repaired w. tape); slipcase sl. dam.
Shimizu, C. Les Lacques du Japon. Paris, Flammarion, 1988, 297,(4)p., richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio (fine).
= Rare, complete set of this major survey of Japanese woodblock prints, compiled by the main specialists in the field. Comprises: 1. Moronobu, Jihei, Kiyonobu, Kiyomasu, Kaigetsudo School, Masanobu, Shigenaga, Toyonobu, Kiyomitsu, Choshun, Sukanoba and others; 2. Harunobu, Koryusai, Shigeharu and others; 3. Shunsho; 4. Kiyonaga, Kiyomine, Shuncho and others; 5. Utamaro; 6. Utamaro and Eishi; 7. Sharaku; 8. Hokusai and his School; 9. Toyokuni, Kunimasa, Toyohiro, Toyoharu, Toyokuni II and others; 10. Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Eisen, Eizan, Sadahide and others; 11. Hiroshige; 12. Kiyochika, Yoshitoshi, Kunichika, Hiroshige III and others; 13. Hokusai 'The Thirty-Six Views of Fuji'; 14. Hiroshige, Hoeido Tokaido Gojusantsugi 'The Fifty-Three Stations on the Tokaido'; 15. Hiroshige and Eisen, Kisokaido Rokujukutsugi 'The Thirty-Nine Stations on the Kisokaido Road'; 16. Hiroshige, Meisho Edo Hyakkei Part I 'The Hundred Famous Views of Edo'; 17. Hiroshige, Meisho Edo Hyakkei Part II 'The Hundred Famous Views of Edo'. WITH: photostat w. English translations of the plates and illustrations (London, n.d., ringbound wr., 4to).