Buy this book on-line Japanese Coloured Wood-Engraving (incomplete set)Edizioni Beatrice D'Este, Milano
XL. Large silk-covered clamshell boxed set of eleven out of fourteen loose prints, each individually matted and backed with paper. Box is 13 1/2"w x 17 5/8"h. Orange cloth covered slipcase shows wear and fraying at edges. Prints are in excellent condition. Twenty page booklet with an introduction and descriptions of each of the plates. The included prints are Youth Secretly handing a Love-letter to his beloved and The Beauty Hinatsura with two Maidens near a Snowman by Suzuki Harunobu; Cat at a Fish-Bowl and Boy with a Mouse by Isoda Koryusai; Female Portrait and Tiger in the Bamboo by Kitagawa Utamaro; The Actor Morita Kanya by Toshusai Sharaku; Beatuy from Osaka by Nagayoshi; Maiko in the Province of Harima and Sumiyoshi in the Province of Settsu by Ichiryusai Hiroshige. Three plates are missing (Lovers in the Snow by Suzuki Harunobu and The Actor Segawa Kikunojo in his Butterfly-Dance and Walking Lady with Companions by Torii Kiyonaga.) No date shown; circa 1960's,. Art. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Oversize Hardback. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Japanese Coloured Wood-Engraving (incomplete set). Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, out-of-print books, libri rari, livres anciens and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |