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32002320 — Tokyo 1978 Kodansha. White cloth folio 27 x 37.5 cm. very good slip case 99 color 353 b. w. photos 166p. chronology map & notes to the plates vol. 4 of 12 case spine faded. FIRST LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 300 COPIES . . . RARE FIRST NUMBERED & LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES . . . A DELUXE EDITION IN FOLIO FORMAT WITH CLOTH CASES . . Critically acclaimed ceramic research document material. The efforts of all major scholars in the field of Oriental Ceramics from each of the world's best museum collections. . THE SET IS COMPLETE IN 12 VOLUMES: Vol. 1. Tokyo National Museum 1977 Vol. 2 National Museum of Korea 1976 Vol. 3. Museum Pusat 1977 Vol. 4. Iran Bastan Museum 1978 Vol. 5. British Museum1976 Vol. 6. Victoria & Albert Museum 1976 Intro by John Ayers. Vol. 7. Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art 1976 Vol. 8. Musee Guimet 1976 Vol. 9. Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Stockholm 1976 Vol.10. Freer Gallery of Art Washington D.C. U.S.A. 1976 Vol.11. Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1978 Vol.12 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1977 . THE BINDING: The work is printed on heavy rag paper uniformly bound in a durable heavy white cloth then encased in a uniform heavy blue cloth clam shell case. . SIZE: The books are all uniformly bound and about the same size: ca. 27 x 37 cm. and are ca. 5.5 cm. thick. The folding blue protective cloth boxes/clamshell cases are 28 x 39.5 cm. . THE CONTENTS: It is an outstanding piece of scholarship. It covers the Chinese Japanese Korean Islamic South-East Asian ceramics and porcelains. It has been praised as the "Best work ever on the subject." . CONTRIBUTORS: Contributors are from among the most recognized and respected scholars on Asian ceramics include: Seizo Hayashi Jan Fontein Wu Tung Julia Meech-Pekarik Marilyn Jenkins John Ayers Sunu Choi Abu Ridho Firouz Bagherzadeh Anne Saurat Masahiko Sato Doug Barrett Laurence Smith R. Whitfield R. Pinder-Wilson Margaret Medley Madeline Paul-David Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt Bo Gyllensvard John Pope Josephine E. Knapp Esin Atil et al. . THE LANGUAGES: The work has captions both Chinese and English text in English & Japanese. . By and large an impressive work with the highest quality polychrome plates careful descriptions & identification for each piece. An essential reference resource now considered the standard and most reliable single reference on the subject. . EDITION: The FIRST EDITION was published in two editions: First Numbered Edition of 300 copies has a hand numbered number on the verso of the title page with limitation statement. . The FIRST TRADE EDITION was printed in an edition of 2000 copies and has a colophon at the back size is identical. Each is 26 x 37 cm. the blue clam shell case is 28 x 39.5 cm. These are folio size volumes. . Volume Numbers: !! EDITION VARIANCE: This being the First Edition not all volumes of the second or "Trade" Edition match with the same volume numbers. !!! Please use caution when ordering the First Edition volumes. Please check with us as we may have other editions of these volumes in stock. Please confirm the title matches what you are ordering as well as the volume number. . EXTRA SHIPPING PACKING AND HANDLING FEES APPLY: Each volume is large and heavy extra fees apply on all shipping. International shipping will be by Federal Express or by registered/insured air mail with signature required at our digressions. . BIBLIOGRAPHY: Arntzen p.358 . unknown