A History of Far Eastern Art
by Lee, Sherman E
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0810910802
- ISBN 13
- 9780810910805
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Fourth Editiom. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large quarto bound in bright red cloth lettered in gold, in publisher's unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. 548 pages. Bibliography, Index. Profusely illumed with 736 illustrations, including 60 full color plates, plus maps and charts. Fourth edition. "The only book of its scope in English -- a one-volume account of the visual arts of Asia from the Indus River to Japan and Java between the fifth millennium B.C. and A.D. 1850. It offers a clear and comprehensive study of the three major artistic traditions of eastern Asia -- Indian, Chinese and Japanese -- as well as a cogent overview of their interrelationships and their influences on the neighboring traditions of Southeast Asia and Indonesia, Central Asia and Korea." No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked copy, like new in like dust-jacket. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual coat as possible. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019399
- Title
- A History of Far Eastern Art
- Author
- Lee, Sherman E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Fourth Editiom
- ISBN 10
- 0810910802
- ISBN 13
- 9780810910805
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Art History, Eastern Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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