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Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1400grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1500grams, ISBN.…

XII 289 S., mehr. Fig. u. Tab., (12) Taf., gr.okt., Ln., ill. OU.- [ Wirtschaftsgeschichte Landwirtschaft LandRU SpracheEN J| 1977 N| Robert Ernest Frederick Smith | 89832 ].

Oblong Atlas folio. 20.75 x 19.5 in. [4], 12 pp., w/ 51 tipped-in collotype plates (1 partially coloured), all retaining their original tissue guards. Loose portfolio held in folding covers (minor bumping to corners of textblock, some very light toning, 1st couple leaves w/ very slight closed tear at upper left corner), w/ open-backed slipcase, w/ printed labels on covers (wear, toning, some scuffing, minor dampstaining, soiling), still a VG/G- exemplar. First edition, thus, of this remarkable group of collotypes reproducing drawings made from the famed frescoes of the renowned Tang Dynasty artist, Wu Tao-Tze -- Godoshi in Japanese (680-760). Believed to have painted hundreds of frescoes on Temples representing the Buddhist purgatory or inferno, they were of such dramatic power, many on viewing them repented of their sins, and nearly all were destroyed through the Cultural Revolution, and development. All his artworks have either been preserved by being incised on stone, as woodcuts, or as Chinese brush drawings. These drawings taken from Dr. Martin's Collection were rendered originally by Li Lung Mien (1070-1106), a Sung master painter, and superb draftsman who has been often considered the Leonardo da Vinci of China. He was renowned for his paintings of horses, and also adept at painting landscapes, as well as works with Buddhist and Taoist themes. Each collotype reproduction within this portfolio has been printed on a tinted background to simulate the originals, and then mounted on thick laid paper, along with a critique by Anders Zorn, and notes were by Dr. Haenisch. See: Reviews & Notices, The International Studio, Vol. LII (1914), pp. 255-256; Recent Publications of Chinese Subjects, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. LIV, Issue 1 (1922), p. 99.…