Title: Gomotsu Jodai Senshokumon: Textile Fabrics of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Centuries A.D. in the Imperial Household Collection Author: Place: Tokyo Publisher: Imperial Household Museum Date: 1929 Description: 2 volumes. Illustrated with color plates with 150 examples of textile fabrics, each with attached tissue guard captioned in English and Japanese. (Folio) 45x32.5 cm. (17¾x12¾"), decorated cloth covers with woven ties and decorative end papers, gilt top and bottom edges, housed in slipcase with leather backed decorative boards, leather title label with gilt lettering. First Edition. Introductory text in English and Japanese. Important publication presenting to the public treasures of Japanese textile art from the sixth through eight centuries. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear, soiling and rubbing to slipcase, areas of paper and leather rubbed away; wear and fading to cloth bindings, area of discoloration on the cover of each where a sticker once may have been; small closed tear to front free endpaper, a few creases or minor tears to tissue guards; very good. Item number: 271415
Title: Gomotsu Jodai Senshokumon: Textile Fabrics of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Centuries A.D. in the Imperial Household Collection Author: Place: Tokyo Publisher: Imperial Household Museum Date: 1929 Description: 2 volumes. Illustrated with color plates with 150 examples of textile fabrics, each with attached tissue guard captioned in English and Japanese. (Folio) 45x32.5 cm. (17¾x12¾"), decorated cloth covers with woven ties and decorative end papers, gilt top and bottom edges, housed in slipcase with leather backed decorative boards, leather title label with gilt lettering. First Edition. Introductory text in English and Japanese. Important publication presenting to the public treasures of Japanese textile art from the sixth through eight centuries. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear, soiling and rubbing to slipcase, areas of paper and leather rubbed away; wear and fading to cloth bindings, area of discoloration on the cover of each where a sticker once may have been; small closed tear to front free endpaper, a few creases or minor tears to tissue guards; very good. Item number: 271415
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