観古図説 / Kwan ko dzu setsu: Notice historique et descriptive sur les arts et industries japonais / A history of Japanese antiquities cover title

by Noritane Ninagawa

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First edition

Tokyo: Published by the author , 1876-1880. First editions 7 volumes, oblong portfolios, approx 10.5 x 15.5 ; text in Japanese; 125 chromolithographic plates and one rubbing illustrating 231 notable pieces of Japanese pottery, lacking the French translations in octavo, but with the 6th and 7th portfolio volumes which were published later and are often missing. Blue paper covers edge-worn, stitched bindings weak at some points, the plates themselves

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