GROUSSET (René), From Greece to China - Lot 174

GROUSSET (René), From Greece to China Monaco, Les Documents d'Art, 1948. Large quarto, hardcover with a dust jacket illustrated with a design based on an Oriental sculpture. Limited edition of 3,300 numbered copies; this one bears the number 1,629. First volume of the “Orient and the Far East” series edited by René Grousset of the Académie française. A magnificent overview devoted to artistic and cultural exchanges between the Hellenistic world and the Far East, from the Greco-Bactrian kingdoms to the influences that shaped Buddhist art in Central Asia and China. The book is richly illustrated with maps, photographs, photogravures, and reproductions of works of art. It features particularly high-quality printing, a Brodard and Taupin binding, and a cover designed by Robert Devoucoux.