Japanese Clocks.

£750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Bound by Zaehnsdorf This work describes a number of precious Japanese clocks owned by the author and contains an interesting account of the time system adopted in Japan during the Edo period. The sections include Lantern Clocks, Pillar Clocks and Bracket clocks. This is re-issue of the first edition published in 1932. 4to ( 26 x 20 cm). 135 plates of black and white illustrations, some folding, text in English and Japanese; recent blank preliminary pages, silk endpapers gilt decorated along edges, binder's stamp; bound by Zaehnsdorf in full red morocco gilt, gilt motifs on upper and lower covers, spine gilt lettered and decorated with raised bands, all edges gilt, housed in a modern red cloth slipcase; a very good copy; 46pp,

• Binding: Hardcover

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