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Keramic (Ceramic) Art of Japan
Audsley, George Ashdown · London
- Author
- Audsley, George Ashdown
- Date
- 1875
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Henry Sotheran & Co.
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 3/4 leather
- Format
- Folio (11"x 16") 2 volumes 3/4 red leather with leather corners, all dbl ruled gilt over marble boards. Spine with 5 raised compartments, title and volnumber in gilt to two compartments, gilt floral devices to others. Loss of color and some material to board edges and corners, tender joints, bumped and rubbed. marble endpapers, t.e.g. The Front flyleafs should mild foxing but the plates, all tissue guarded, are absolutely fine. This original large edition features 63 plates (35 in gold and colors) and numerous wood engravings in color. From the Athenaeum, "This is a work From which no collector who can afford to buy it, or has courage to steal it, should be without… In short, these are crowning specimens of chromolithography; on the whole, they are very nearly the best of their kind."
- Category
- Architecture, Art & Craft
- Record
- S.I.1122
Keramic (Ceramic) Art of Japan. George Ashdown Audsley. 1875. London: Henry Sotheran & Co. Folio (11"x 16") 2 volumes 3/4 red leather with leather corners, all dbl ruled gilt over marble boards. Spine with 5 raised compartments, title and vol number in gilt to two compartments, gilt floral devices to others. Loss of color and some material to board edges and corners, tender joints, bumped and rubbed. marble endpapers, t.e.g. The Front flyleafs should mild foxing but the plates, all tissue guarded, are absolutely fine. This original large edition features 63 plates (35 in gold and colors) and numerous wood engravings in color. From the Athenaeum, "This is a work From which no collector who can afford to buy it, or has courage to steal it, should be without… In short, these are crowning specimens of chromolithography; on the whole, they are very nearly the best of their kind."
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