LIMITED EDITION SET OF BRINKLEY’S ILLUSTRATED WORKS ON JAPAN AND CHINA
(JAPAN) (CHINA) BRINKLEY, Capt. Frank. Oriental Series. Japan and China. Boston and Tokyo, 1901-02. Twelve volumes.
Imperial edition, letter "I" of only 26 sets, of Brinkley’s comprehensive and finely illustrated studies of Chinese and Japanese art, history and culture, with 12 hand-painted silk watercolor frontispieces, 13 woodblock prints, seven watercolor paintings of Japanese birds, richly illustrated with more than 200 full-page plates, including photogravures (many tinted and color-finished by hand) and color-printed plates, and two large folding maps in color. A beautifully bound set, with lovely morocco doublures. $14,500.
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