"Ko-ji Hô-ten". Dictionnaire à l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art japonais et chinois [...].

2 vol., large 4to: 511, 509-[3]-137 pp. (inside very fresh, 1st quires loosening).

Ill. publ. wrappers, nicely conserved within brown protective cover. Good copy.

Rare original edition of this important reference work on Japanese and Chinese cultural objects, profusely and beautifully illustrated. Edition limited to 585 numb. copies (n. 335 signed by the author). Complete with 75 full-page plates (n. I-LXX + 2 col. front. + 3 col. pl. not numb.), the 15 appendices on blue paper (the 15th an index) and 1 loose double-page errata leaf. This monumental historical encyclopedia deals with all the aspects of Japanese and Chinese art (porcelain, woodblock prints, painting, sculpture, tsuba, ...), gives the correct terms and names concerning the oriental art, a large amount of information on places, heroes, usages and traditions, artists' signatures, a summary of stories and legends of the country.
Ref. Arntzen & Rainwater E182.