Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk, Catalog + 3 Accordion Books, Fine w/VG Slipcase

Moss, Paul. Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk: The Creative Personality in Chinese Works of Art (London: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., 1984).

English, four Fine books in a Very Good slipcase, Near Fine overall, one SC book + three HC books, 4to, books: 11 1/4" x 8 1/4," slipcase: 11 1/2" x 8 1/2," catalogue: 288 pp., including illustrations, three accordion-fold books: unpaginated, principally illustrations.

ISBN: N/A

Four volumes, complete. One softcover catalogue and three hardcover accordion-fold books. Catalogue: Fine black paper wrappers with white lettering on spine, full-page mostly brown color illustration on front. Accordion-fold books: Fine brown paper-covered boards with white lettering on front, no lettering to spine. Covers of all four books have slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact. Very Good beige paper-covered slipcase with gilt lettering on front and spine. Slipcase has bumped tips and edges and some darkening, else clean and intact. Pages of all four books are pristine and intact. Catalogue replete with color illustrations. Each of the accordion-fold books principally contains a folding color illustration with little text. Beautiful set of four books in a slipcase. The catalogue features entries of Chinese artworks, with accompanying illustrations, in the Sydney L. Moss collection. The following are the titles of the three accordion-fold books (denoting the subject of the folding plate): Beautiful Scenery of Peach-Blossom Spring with Fan Ch'ang-Ch'ien's Peach Blossom Spring Poem (1638), Prince I's Lan-T'ing Ink Rubbing Compilation (1592), and The Seventh Nan-Hsun-T'u Handscroll: From Wu-Hsi to Suchou (1691-1698).