THE ART OF CHINA : SPIRIT AND SOCIETY
by Werner Speiser; (Translated from the German By George Lawrence)
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Near Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
New York, NY: Greystone Press, 1960. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed brown linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; strong & sound w/closed tears to edges. Survey of some 3,000 years of Chinese art and civilization. German, Asian art historian Werner Walter Paul Speiser (1908 - 1965) reviews "porcelain & sillkm lacquer, paper, tea, wisdom, poetry & philosphy" by epoch. 258 pgs, w/maps & 62 color plates in 10 chapters: I, Introduction; II, Antiquity; III, The Feudal Age; IV, The United State; V, The Time of Troubles; VI, The Classical Age;; VII, Time of Withdrawal; VIII, The Age of the Academy; IX, The Age of the Bourgeoisie; X, The Age of Political Thought , followed by appendics & glossary.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019439
- Title
- THE ART OF CHINA : SPIRIT AND SOCIETY
- Author
- Werner Speiser; (Translated from the German By George Lawrence)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Greystone Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Art History/China
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts & Crafts;
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