Incomplete set 8 of 12 volumes of the first printed edition, produced in a de-luxe limited edition of 300 copies, 1976-77, this set being numbered 41. The text in English & Japanese. 'Series of twelve expensively produced volumes. Each volume is compiled by a leading authority, who is generally the curator in charge of the collection represented.'- Arntzen & Rainwater. Folio (37 x 27cm), the slip-cases measuring (39.5 x 28.5cm). Vol I, Tokyo National Museum, pp. [iv],343, 106 plates; Vol. 2, National Museum of Korea, pp. [iv],323, 104 plates; Vol. 3, Museum Pusat, Jakara, pp. [iv],316,[2], 99 plates; Vol. 4, Iran Bastan Museum, pp. [iv],318, 103 plates; Vol 5, The British Museum, pp. [iv],294, 92 plates; Vol. 6, Victoria & Albert Museum, pp. [iv],294, 94 plates; Vol. 7, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, pp. [i],319. 101 plates; Vol. 8, Musee Guimet, pp. [iv],327, 103 plates; Vol 9, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, pp. [iv],310, 101 plates; Vol. 10, The Freer Gallery of Art, pp. [iv],319, 100 plates; Vol. 11, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, pp. [iv],344, 108 plates; Vol. 12, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. [iv],315, 95 plates. All of the noted plates are full-page & in colour & mounted. In addition to these, the work contains, on the letterpress, over 3500 monochrome plates distributed amongst the 12 volumes. The white cloth gilt-stamped bindings specially woven for this edition. Each volume in a silk-cloth clam-shell case, blocked in blue & black. Some light fading to the slip-cases, as usual, and the odd very minor bump. Very heavy item will required additional postage outside Great Britain. Vg. [Arntzen & Rainwater P358].
Provenance: Property from the Collection of Marianne Endicott, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
Dimensions:8 PCS
Condition
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Property from the Collection of Marianne Endicott, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI