Netsuke
New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 564pp. Original photo illustrated blue dust jacket with blue lettering on cover and spine. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Two color photographic frontispieces.
A comprehensive study based mostly on the M.T. Hindson collection with a foreword by W.W. Winkworth, including material from other important collections. Neil Davey catalogued the Hindson collection of magnificent Japanese miniatures at Sotheby's. The catalog is profusely illustrated with over 1200 b/w photographic reproductions and some 300 illustrations of the artists' signatures. It includes a bibliography, a glossary, an index by subject, and an extensive index of known artists as well as prices for the miniatures.
Dust jacket with minor creasing and scratches to the covers. small sticker on back cover of dust jacket. Binding with minor rubbing to extremities. Dj in very good+, binding and interior in near fine condition overall. vg. Item #44453
Price: $95.00