Located in Middletown, NY
London: Ernest Been Ltd., 1925.
4to; 11 x 8 7/8 inches (280 x 223 mm). xxix, 156 pp + 26 color plates (including frontispiece and 8 folding) and 50 halftone plates. Illustrations are printed on glossy paper, each item is identified and captioned on the facing tissue guard. Publishers green-grey cloth with gilt motif on front cover and gilt title. Light wear on the edges and extremities of the spine; binding firm and square, hinges intact; text pages clean and evenly toned, plates clean and bright.
A lavishly illustrated guide to Qing dynasty ceramics, published at a time when Chinese porcelain was not fully understood by art historians, remains a standard reference work and a tribute to the impact of its author on 20th-century sinology. Robert Lockhart...
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Early 20th Century English Parchment Paper Furniture