"Ko-ji Ho-ten": Dictionnaire … d'Objets d'Art Japonais et Chinois (2 Vols.), VG

Weber, V.-F. "Ko-ji Ho-ten": Dictionnaire a l'Usage des Amateurs et Collectionneurs d'Objets d'Art Japonais et Chinois (Two Volumes) (New York: Hacker Art Books, 1965).

French, Very Good, HC, fo, 15" x 11 3/4," Volume I: 511 pp. including illustrations, Volume II: 510 pp. including illustrations, + 137 pp. (Appendices) + four pp. (List of Corrections).

ISBN: N/A

Text in French. Two volumes, complete. Very Good blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spines. Covers have slight wear to edges and tips and light rubbing and a few surface scratches on front, back, and spine, else clean and intact, bindings tight. Pages have light age toning and occasional pencil annotations, else clean and intact. Replete with illustrations, most in black-and-white, a few in color. Contains over 2100 illustrations (engravings and drawings) and 75 plates, five of which are in color. Stunning, two-volume, oversized set; a comprehensive cultural dictionary of names and terms relating to the cultures and customs of China and Japan. Included in these sizeable books are an alphabetical list of names, terms, or subjects (with accompanying definitions or descriptions) about the arts, artists, religions, myths, legends, festivals, and other cultural customs of the two countries. Vol. I contains subjects under letters "A-L"; Vol. II contains subjects under "M-Z." For example, the subjects of "masks" and "mirrors" and artists whose names begin with "M" are organized under the letter "M" in Vol. II.