Notes on shippo : a sequel to Japanese Enamels

Bowes, James Lord

Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Tru¨bner & Co.:, London, 1895

About this Item

James Lord Bowes was a wealthy Liverpool wool broker, art collector and patron of the arts, author and authority on Japan and its art, and benefactor. In 1888 he was appointed the first foreign-born Japanese Consul in Great Britain, a post he held until his sudden death in 1899 at the age of 65. In 1890, in the grounds of Streatlam Tower, his home in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, he opened to the public the first dedicated museum of Japanese art in the western world. xii, 109 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm. { "Glass making": p. [65]-71."The Hirata family": p. 79-109.}. Includes bibliographical references. Decent secure copy in the original illustrated covers, some rubbs to the extremities, corners/spine, but secure, tight and clean. Two interesting indicators of previous provenance: a Signed bookplate to pastedown Albert Weddell, with his ink stamp neatly to pastedown. { Subject: Cloisonné. Glass manufacture Japan. Art Miscellaneous }.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Notes on shippo : a sequel to Japanese Enamels
• Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tru¨bner & Co.:, London
• Publication Date: 1895
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good - See below/images
• Seller catalogs:
  • JAPANESE INTEREST