Japanese Art /Sadakichi Hartmann
Book
Bound for Beauty #52
288 p., [30] leaves of plates, incl. frontis : ill. (some col.)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281).
Contents: Early Religious Painting; The Feudal Period; The Renaissance; The Realistic Movement; The Influence of Japanese Art on Western Civilization; Japanese Architecture and Sculpture; The Ornamental Arts; Modern Japanese Art; Bibliography; Index.
2015.7.239
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
ArtHistory1900s
7-1/2 in
Sadakichi Hartmann
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1903
1904
Publisher's Binding- Japonisme
Amy Rand
Decorated maroon cloth with cover and spine design in gilt, black, green and blue, depicting flying cranes against a Hiroshoge-like breaking wave. Signed binding attributed to Amy Rand. Top edge gilt, deckled edges.
Numbered bookplate of the New Century Club, a private lending library, is affixed to the inside pastedown. Bookplate #432 of the New Century Club. Class 761, Book H333.
Japan
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