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West Coast Rare Books

West Coast Rare Books

Westport / Ireland

Brockhaus, Netsuke.

Brockhaus, Netsuke.

Brockhaus, Albert. Netsuke. Versuch einer Geschichte der Japanischen Schnitzkunst. Mit 272 Schwarzen und 53 Bunten Abbildungen. First Edition. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1905. 28 x 20 cm. xiv, 482 pages. Illustrated throughout. Complete with 53 coloured Plates and numerous B&W Illustrations. Original full grey soft leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Silver decorated end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some wear and minor material losses to extremities (see images). Somewhat discoloured. Internally a bright and clean copy. A few of the tissue guards torn, but all tissue guards are present. See notes below. Overall a very good clean and complete copy.

Note: Tissue Guards for Plates 6, 9, 10, 17 torn.

Please note: very heavy item, weighing c. 3.5 kg.

Our price: EUR 1.200,-- 

Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.
Brockhaus, Netsuke.

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