ART & CRAFT [Japanese]

Kümmel, Otto [Introduction de] Traduction de Eugène Bestaux

(Book #ID 75401)

Published by Arts et Metiers Graphiques. London

Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers with French flaps [softback]. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 15 printed pages of French text with ten illustrated plates to the rear, the last plate being a fold-out triptych. Shallow rubs to the gutters and spine ends and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Koyama, Fujio [Koyama Fujio (March 24, 1900 - October 7, 1975) was a scholar of Japanese pottery and porcelain and Chinese ceramics. He developed Six Ancient Kilns a category in the post-war period to describe the most noteworthy ceramic kilns of Japan. He was also a potter in his own right]. Adapté et préfacé par Diasy Lion-Goldschmidt.

(Book #ID 106223)

Published by Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha Office du Livre, Tokyo | Fribourg, Switzerland Deuxième édition 1961. 1961.

Hard back binding in publisher's original coarsely woven beige cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered russet back. 4to. 13½'' x 10¼''. Contains 410 pp French text with 174 illustrations and 56 mounted colour plates throughout. Ex Westminster City Libraries plate to the front paste down, small circular stamp to the top right-hand corner of the mounted plates, no dust wrapper. Heavy volume weighing 3.5 kg, extra postage and insurance will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Kiyonaga, Torii (1752 - June 28, 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school. [Created by the Murasaki Bookstore, Tokyo, Japan].

(Book #ID 109485)

Published by Takashi Uehara | Shumei Printing, Ltd., Tokyo, 1949. 1949.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black silk brocade covered boards, blocked and lettered scarlet Japanese calligraphy and gold outlined image of a Japanese lady to the front, cream end sheets flecked with gold, scarlet silk head-bands. 8vo. 10'' x 7¼''. Deluxe edition number 1313 of 1500 Limited Edition copies published for the Murasaki Bookstore, 173 Miyamae, Meguro Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Contains vertically folding colour frontispiece on black ground, profusely illustrated with tissue-guarded multi-coloured woodblock prints, commentary and 19 pp of English explanations, catalogue raisonné, 111 pp written in Japanese + [2] blanks + 17 pp, textured Japanese papers throughout. Feint surface mark to the top corner of the rear board, else Fine condition book housed in light wooden bamboo case which has received repairs to the edges. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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