Pierre De Tchihatcheff

Voyage Scientifique Dans L'Altai Oriental Et Les Parties Adjacentes de la Frontiere de Chine

Paris, Chez Gide, 1845. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 black leather and marble illustrated boards; gilt lettering on spine; color illustrated end papers; XIV (2), 466 pp, bw illustrations. Text is in French. Scientific Trip To Eastern Altai And Adjacent Parts Of The Chinese Border. This is the text volume only. Good (heavy shelfwear to boards, front cover loose, tears to leather spine; light foxing spots, damp soiling to very bottom edge of beginning pages) .

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Book number: 189114

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Asian Art ; ; General Asian Art

Pizzi, Jean Felix Anne

Indian Miniatures at the Time of the Grand Moguls

Paris, Editions du Chene, 1950. Softcover. White portfolio wraps with gray lettering, mounted color illustration on front cover; (4) pp text followed by 8 color mounted plates. Preliminary notes by Jean Pozzi. Includes descriptive notes on the plates in French and English. VG (light age toning to title page and inside front cover, light scuffing to covers, plates are all present and bright and clean) .

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Book number: 190193

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: Asian General Art ; Mogul Empire: Miniature Painting ; ; Asian General Art

Quiquemelle, Marie-Claire and Jean Loup Passek

Le Cinema Chinois

Paris, France, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1985. Softcover. black glossy wrappers w/ white printing, red square & illustration. 279 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Text In French. Includes mulitple essays on the history of Chinese cinema and synopsis section of important films from 1922-1984. VG+. scratches, scuffs & edge-wear to covers. corners rubbed. tight binding.

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Book number: 181798

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: Chinese Film, Chinese Filmmaking, Chinese Cinema, Chinese Movies ; Chinese Film, Chinese Filmmaking, Chinese Cinema, Chinese Movies ; ;

Shugio, Hiromichi

Japanese Art Folio: Part V.

Tokyo, K. Ogawa, 1901. Paperback. Oversized tan stiff wraps, blue paper wraps with black lettering in English and Japanese; 2 pp followed by one color wood engraving and 4 photographed and collotyped illustrations with descriptive guard sheets. Originally issued in 12 parts, each part containing one wood-engraving in colors by T. Tamura, and the remaining plates being photographed and collotyped by K. Ogawa, all from the original paintings. This is Part 5. VG- (heavy wear to boards with chipping, soiling and age toning, pages within and plates are very clean and clear.) .

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Book number: 188360

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Japanese Painting: Japanese Prints ; ; General Asian Art

Shugio, Hiromichi

Japanese Art Folio: Part X.

Tokyo, K. Ogawa, 1901. Paperback. Oversized tan stiff wraps, blue paper wraps with black lettering in English and Japanese; 2 pp followed by one color wood engraving and 4 photographed and collotyped illustrations with descriptive guard sheets. Originally issued in 12 parts, each part containing one wood-engraving in colors by T. Tamura, and the remaining plates being photographed and collotyped by K. Ogawa, all from the original paintings. This is Part 10. VG- (heavy wear to boards with chipping, soiling and age toning, pages within and plates are very clean and clear.) .

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Book number: 188361

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Japanese Painting: Japanese Prints ; ; General Asian Art

Siegfried, Bing

Artistic Japan: Illustrations and Essays, Volume III

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1889. Hardcover. Dark green 3/4 cloth with tan illustrated boards, gilt lettering on spine, paged continuously from other volumes, profusely illustrated in bw and color. Volume 3 of 6. Written in English but originally issued as a periodical appearing simultaneously in French and German under the titles "Le Japon artistique" and "Japanischer formenschatz. VG (spine torn, aging overall to boards and pages, but VG for age) .

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Book number: 175341

Catalogue: General Asian Art

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Japanese Art ; ; General Art- Asian

Siegfried, Bing

Artistic Japan: Illustrations and Essays, Volumes I-VI Bound in Five Books

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. Hardcover. Dark Blue 3/4 cloth with tan illustrated boards, gilt lettering on spine, paged continuously from other volumes, profusely illustrated in bw and color. Volumes I-VI bound in five books. Written in English but originally issued as a periodical appearing simultaneously in French and German under the titles "Le Japon artistique" and "Japanischer formenschatz. G All covers have general wear, corner/edge damage. peeling of illustrated board, Darkening of illustrated boards, damage to top/botom of spines. Bookblocks have age toning. Interior pages have age toning. All books have stamp from previous bookseller in inside front cover (F. Kotausek Importer of fine art books). Front interior covers all show damage from sticker removal .

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Book number: 189264

Catalogue: General Asian Art

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Japanese Art ; ; General Art- Asian

Siren, Osvald

Chinese Paintings in American Collections, Part III

Paris/ Brussels, G. Van Oest, 1928. Paperback. Tan oversized portfolio wraps with black lettering, text pages 53-66 followed by plates 81-120. Volume 3 only of a 5 volume set. Good +(shelfwear to wraps, light foxing to edges but plates are otherwise clear and all are present) .

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Book number: 188191

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Chinese Art ; ; General Asian Art

Snellgrove, David L. and Jean Boisselier

The Image of the Buddha

Tokyo / Paris, Kodansha International / Unesco, 1978. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; black dust jacket, color illustrated with red lettering; 482 pp; profuse bw and color illustrations throughout and maps. "Compiled over a period of five years under the auspices of Unesco, this monumental work traces the many forms in which the ideal of Buddhahood has found expression over some 2500 years ni the major Buddhist countries of Asia." - Dust jacket. Contents include: The first symbols of the Buddha. The essential nature of a Buddha ; Early Buddha symbols -- The Buddha in human form. Cultural and historical background ; The Ganges-Jumna (Gang -Yamun ) Valley ; Gandh ra ; ndhrade a (Krishn Valley) -- Maturity and efflorescence in India. Cultural and historical background ; The Ganges-Jumna (Gang -Yamun ) Valley ; Gandh ra ; Western India ; ndhrade a and South India -- The Buddgah image in the rest of Asia. Geographical and cultural considerations ; Sri Lanka and South-East Asia up to the 10th Century A.D. 139 ; Kashmir and Nepal ; Afghanistan and Central Asia ; China : growth and maturity ; Korea ; Japan -- Later variations and developments. India : the last stages ; Sri Lanka and South-East Asia (10th-19th Centuries) ; Kashmir and Nepal ; Tibet and Mongolia ; Central Asia ; China : the post-T'ang periods ; Korea : the Koryo period (A.D. 918-1392) ; Japan -- The symbol as the ultimate Buddha image. VG/VG- (previous owner's bookplate on ffep, pages are otherwise clean and clear. Dust jacket has overall shelfwear and tears, front flap price clipped .

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Book number: 181833

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Art Asian ; Buddhist Art ; ; General Art Asian

Strange, Edward Fairbrother

Japanese Illustration: A History of the Arts of Woodcutting and Colour Printing in Japan

London, George Bell, 1904. Second edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with black lettering and illustration on front cover; gilt spine lettering; color illustrated frontispiece with descriptive guard sheet; xxvi, 155 pp, color and bw illustrations. First published in 1896. Includes a preface to the second edition by the author; a list of the coloured plates; and process blocks. Good (shelfwear to boards, expected age toning to pages, one color plate is loose.) .

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Book number: 186715

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: Asian Art; Wood Engraving ; Japanese Wood Engraving ; ; Asian Art; Wood Engraving

Takahashi, Seiichiro

Ukiyoe Taikei (Volumes 1-17 and Ukiyoe Taikei: English Translation Booklet)

Japan, Shueisha, 1976. Hardcover. 17 volume set bound in white cloth with black and red Japanese lettering on spine; color illustrated dust jackets with Japanese lettering on spine. End papers are illustrated. Each volume has approximately 120-140 pp and profusely illustrated in bw and color, many full page. All have a color illustrated slipcase with number of volume on spines. In addition to the 17 hardbound volumes is a blue comb-tooth bound, blue paper wraps, which is the "English Translation of Illustrations From Ukiyo-E Taikei"; 98 pp of text. Text is in Japanese. This is the complete 17 volume set with accompanying English translation booklet. Volume 1: Moronobu, Jihei, Kiyonobu, Kiyomasu, Kaigetsudo School, Masanobu, Shigenaga, Toyonobu, Kiyomitsu, Chosun, Sukenobu and others. Volume 2: Harunobu, Koryusai, Shigeharu and others. Volume 3: Shunsho. Volume 4: Kiyonaga, Kiyomine, Shuncho and others. Volume 4: Kiyonaga, Kiyomine, Shuncho and others. Volume 5: Utamaro. Volume 6: Utamaro and Eishi. Volume 7: Sharaku. Volume 8: Hokusai and his School. Volume 8: Hokusai and his School. Volume 9: Toyokuni, Kunimasa, Toyohiro, Toyoharu, Toyokuni II and others. Volume 10: Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Eisen, Eizan, Sadahide and others. Volume 11: Hiroshige. Volume 12: Kiyochika, Yoshitoshi, Kunichika, Hiroshige III and others. Volume 13: Hokusai "The Thirty-Six Views of Fuji". Volume 14: Hiroshige, Hoeido Tokaido Gojusantsugi "The Fifty Three Stations on the Tokaido". Volume 15: Hiroshige and Eisen, Kisokaido Rokujukutsugi "The Thirty-Nine Stations on the Kisokaido Road". Volume 16: Hiroshige, Meisho Edo Hyakkei Part I "The Hundred Famous Views of Edo". Volume 17: Hiroshige, Meisho Edo Hyakkei Part II "The Hundred Famous Views of Edo. VG+/VG+/VG (volumes are very crisp and clean, bindings are tight, dust jackets are clean and clear, Slipcases are lightly scuffed but otherwise clean.) .

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Book number: 190145

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Japanese Color Prints ; ; General Asian Art

Thierry, Jean Michel; Patrick Donabedian and Nicole Thierry

Armenian Art

New York, H.N. Abrams, 1989. Hardcover. White cloth boards with mounted color illustration on front cover; gilt spine lettering; white dj, color illustrated with black lettering, mylar cover; color illustrated front end papers; 623 pp; profusely illustrated throughout with 959 illustrations, including 173 plates in full color, 4 maps, diagrrams, ground plans, and elevations. "This is the most comprehensive volume ever published on this relatively unfamiliar subject.. From the Hellenisticf temple of Garni to the churches of New Djulfa, from the famous khatchkar- a cross-bearing stele covered with rosettes and botanical motifs- to the Holy Cross of Aghtamar and the Echmiadzin manuscripts, this superbly illustrated volume brings to life the great moments of Armenian art and surveys every aspect of this singular civilization."-dust jacket. Includes bibliographical references (page 613) and index. VG/VG (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light scuffing to boards and text block. Binding is tight. Pages are otherwise clean and clear.) .

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Book number: 185564

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Art Asian ; Armenian Art ; ; General Art Asian

Tirtaamidjaja, N; Marzuki, Jazir; Anderson, Benedict R.

Batik: Pola & Tjorak- Pattern & Motif

Djakarta, Indonesia, Penerbit Djambatan, 1966. Paperback. Tan and brown illustrated wraps, 28 [111] pp, profusely illustrated with large color and bw plates. Text in Indonesian and English. "The main purpose of this book is to remind Indonesians of the rare quality of their own art, and to introduce the world to the warm intricate beauty of classical batik design." -pp 15 "The reader will find the book divided into four sections. The first deals with the origins and history of batik up to the present day. The second deals with the technique of batiking, old and new. The third part contains a brief discussion and classification of he batik motifs, and is meant to be read in close conjuction with the plates. The fourth and final secion consists of colour and black and white plates intended to show a wide rage of patterns." -pp 15 Includes bibliographical references (page 28). Good (small tears and wear to wraps, light tanning to pages but overall clean) .

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Book number: 173962

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Batik ; ; General Asian Art

Tsuda, Noritake

Handbook of Japanese Art

Rutland, VT, C.E. Tuttle Co, 1976. Hardcover. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, xxv, 525 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrated in color and bw. Contents include: The Archaic art -- Early Buddhist art -- Buddhist art under the influence of Tang -- The art of esoteric Buddhism -- The art of the court life -- Realistic art under new religious inspiration -- Idealistic art under Zen inspiration -- A renaissance of art -- Plebeian art -- The art of the new age -- Contemporary art -- Guide to temples and museums: Tokyo, Kamakura, Nikko, Sendai, and Hiraizumi, Nagoya castle, Kyoto and vicinity, Nara and vicinity. Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-508) and index. VG (light shelfwear to block and boards, signature inside front cover) .

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Book number: 176826

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Japanese Art ; ; General Asian Art

Vanderstappen, Harry and Marylin M. Rhie

The Sculpture of Tien Lung Shan: Reconstructio and Dating

Ascoua, Switzerland, Artibus Asiae, 1966. Softcover. White wraps with black lettering and bw illustration; pages 189-220, 81 bw plates. "Reprinted from Artibus Asiae, volume XXVII. Good+ (shelfwear and light foxing to wraps, pages are clean with light age toning along edges, top corner is slightly bent) .

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Book number: 190585

Catalogue: General Art - Asian

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Chinese Sculpture ; ; General Asian Art