WILLIAM ANDERSON::THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN

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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886
41 x 30,5 x 7 cm <
Anderson, William. The Pictorial Arts of Japan. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Complete: 80 of 80 plates, some in color, plus numerous text illustrations. Each plate has a guard which is printed with a line illustration on one side and descriptive text on the reverse. Text is in five parts, with continuous pagination throughout; each part is separated by a section title which is not included in the pagination: xix,276 pp. Folio. Publisher's binding: pictorial green cloth boards stamped in red gilt and black, 1/4 brown morocco, raised bands, boards detached, with the original gilt-titled leather.
From a South German private collection - Minor wear, the binding partly slightly chipped, the interior slightly stained, the last page with a short rip