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DescriptionProperty from the Japan Society Library, LondonA collection of books and journals on Japanese art 
comprising:
Aimé Humbert (ed. H. W. Bates, transl. Cashel Hoey), Japan and the Japanese: Manners and Customs (London: Richard Bentley 1874), donated by F. AdamsAimé Humbert, Le Japon illustré [in French], vols. 1-2 (Paris: Hachette, 1870), donated by Wickham FlowerArthur Morrison, The Painters of Japan, vols. 1-2 (London and Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1911)Frederick W. Gookin, Catalogue of Japanese colour pints: Clarence Buckingham Collection (Chicago, 1915), presented by the Author in 1916George Ashdown Audsley, Ornamental Art of Japan, vols. 1-2 (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882)Louis Gonse, L’Art Japonais [in French], vols. 1-2 (Paris: A Quantin, 1885)Oskar Münsterberg, Japanische Kunstgeschichte [in German], vols. 1-3 (Brunswick: Westermann, 1904, 1905, 1907)Tei-San Tressan, La scuplture et la ciselure Japonaise: 1906-1951 [in French] (n. p., 1907)V.F. Weber, Ko-ji hô-ten: dictionnaire a l’usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d’objets d’art Japonais et ChinoisTome Premier [in French] (Paris: Weber, 1923)[Anon.] (ed. Samuel Bing), Artistic Japan, vol 1-6 (London: Sampson Low, Marsten, Searle & Rivington, 1889-1891), donated by Arthur DiósyCondition reportThe books are overall in good condition, with some ink inscriptions on some pages.
Louis Gonse, L’Art Japonais [in French], vols. 1-2 (Paris: A Quantin, 1885), donated by Louis Gonse; well-worn covers, particularly around the spines.
Aimé Humbert, Le Japon illustré [in French], vols. 1-2 (Paris: Hachette, 1870), donated by Wickham Flower; slightly detached covers.
[Anon.] (ed. Samuel Bing), Artistic Japan, vols. 1-6 (London: Sampson Low, Marsten, Searle & Rivington, 1889-1891), donated by Arthur Diósy; some wear to the spines.
All the books, journals and pamphlets have library stamps, some collection labels and library numbers stuck to the spines. 
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