AUDSLEY, George Ashdown and James Lord BOWES. Keramic Art of Japan. Liverpool: Printed for the Subscribers by the Authors and London: Henry Southeran, 1875-[80].
2 volumes, 2o (396 x 292 mm). Half-titles. Title-pages printed in red and black. 67 plates, many colored. Contemporary half morocco, spines gilt-lettered, edges gilt (some rubbing and scuffing, remnants of a library sticker on spine of vol. I). Provenance: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Audsley was one of the earliest British authorities on Japanese art, and many of the pieces depicted in these volumes come from Bowes' own collection. (2)
AUDSLEY, George Ashdown and James Lord BOWES. Keramic Art of Japan. Liverpool: Printed for the Subscribers by the Authors and London: Henry Southeran, 1875-[80].
2 volumes, 2o (396 x 292 mm). Half-titles. Title-pages printed in red and black. 67 plates, many colored. Contemporary half morocco, spines gilt-lettered, edges gilt (some rubbing and scuffing, remnants of a library sticker on spine of vol. I). Provenance: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Audsley was one of the earliest British authorities on Japanese art, and many of the pieces depicted in these volumes come from Bowes' own collection. (2)
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