Lot 731
731
JAPAN -- GONSE, L. L'Art Japonais. Paris, A. Quantin, 1883. 2 vols. (4), iv, 310, (2); (4), 366, (6) pp. W. 64 (partly cold.) plates in various printing techniques and num. illustr. in text. Fol. Mod. cf. binds., uncut. (Outer margin of 2 plates a bit dam.).
Influential and profusely illustrated study on Japanese painting, prints, architecture, sculpture, etc. by Louis Gonse (1846-1921), French art historian, best known as one of the first specialists in Japanese art. Chapter 9 is entirely devoted to ceramics and written by Siegfried Bing. - Printed in a limited and numbered ed. of 1,400 copies.€ 180
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