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Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NETSUKE. Versuch einer Geschichte der japanischen Schnitzkunst. Second Improved Edition. [First edition published in 1905]. Thick 4to. Gilt stamped, decorated & lettered mottled grey calf with a bit of rubbing at the spine & tips. Some rubbing on the inside marble boards. TEG. 482pp. with numerous black & white illustrations throughout. 53 full page colour illustrations - each [one] majestic example, centred on a single page of high quality paper stock, the impressions very crisp with striking colour definition. All printed 53 tissue guards present & in excellent condition. The pages bright & free of blemish. A striking example of this Cornerstone Volume of Netsuke. NUC locates 5 copies.