The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles [SIGNED]
New York / Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper. Small Folio. xvi, 312 (1)pp. Original blue cloth with intricate design and silver lettering on spine, housed in illustrated cardboard slipcase, white lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Frontispiece design and publisher's device on title page. Original printed belly band laid in. Extensive work on snuff bottles with chapters on materials and shapes, art motifs and symbolism, glass bottles, porcelain, gem stone, rock and fossil bottles, bottles with inside painting, enameled bottles and more. Profusely illustrate with color photographs of snuff bottles. Contains reference tables of Ch'ing Dynasty reign marks, seals, names and dates, a Chinese cyclical calendar and a list of artists of inside-painted bottles. With bibliography, indices of illustrated collections and general index at rear. Slipcase with light wear along edges. Belly band with sunning at spine and two small closed tears. Additional inscription of previous owner on inside front endpaper. Very good condition. Item #49596
ISBN: 0834801191
Price: $125.00