Author: William Anderson
Title: Japanese Wood Engravings Their History, Technique, and Characteristics
Description: London, Seeley and Co, 1895. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated history of the art of Japanese wood engravings, compiled by William Anderson. The first edition of this work.A beautiful study of the history and art of Japanese wood engravings, an ode to the art.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five colour plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Written by William Anderson, a surgeon and important collector and scholar of Japanese art. Anderson was the first chairman of the Japan Society. In a quarter morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Light spots to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some odd spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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