BRINKLEY, CAPTAIN FRANCIS.
Oriental Series: Japan and China, Its History, Arts and Literature.
Boston and Tokyo: J. B. Millet Company, 1901–1902.
Complete twelve-volume set of Brinkley’s extensively illustrated survey of Japanese and Chinese history, culture, fine art, decorative art, religion, society, and literature. Volumes I–VIII concern Japan; volumes IX–XII cover China.
Illustrated throughout with numerous photographic and color plates, many retaining their captioned tissue guards. Publisher’s full green cloth with gilt-stamped spines, gilt paper labels on the front boards, patterned endleaves, and gilt top edges.
Library Edition, number 9 of 1,000 numbered and registered sets. An unusually low-numbered copy of this substantial early Western survey of East Asian art and culture.
Edition: Library Edition, no. 9 of 1,000 sets.
Format: Twelve octavo volumes, complete.
Published: Boston and Tokyo, 1901–1902.
Condition
Completeness: Complete twelve-volume set, with the folding maps in volumes VI and XII. Many photographic and color plates retain their captioned tissue guards.
Spines sunned, with rubbing and scattered soiling to the bindings; internally very good.
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