Art of the Far East

by MUNSTERBERG, Hugo

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New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers, 1968. VERY GOOD+ book condition/GOOD dust jacket. Orange cloth hard cover with bright gilt lettering on spine. Very small amount of corner & spine end bumps. Illustrated heavy dust jacket with edge, corner & spine end bumps & rubs. Slight amount of shelf soil to jacket. Illustrated end papers. Previous owner bookplate on half title page along with discretely written purchase information in gutter. "...it is the art of ceramics that dominates the story, for it is here that the Far Eastern artistic genius has always excelled. But the splendid array of illustrations presented in this book -- most of them in color, and painstakingly assembled from public and private collections all over the world -- cover the whole range of artistic endeavor and are, in themselves, proof enough of the incomparable and continuing skill of the Oriental artist in such diverse fields as ornamental bronze-work, narrative-scroll painting, and landscape gardening." 237 plates, including 122 in full color; map; chronological table. From the Panorama of World Art Series. 264 pp. Very clean & tight book. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . Presumed First. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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