GROUSSET (René). — From China to Japan - Lot 144

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GROUSSET (René). — From China to Japan - Lot 144
GROUSSET (René). — From China to Japan Monaco, Les Documents d'Art, 1951. “Orient and Far East” series, Volume 3. Large quarto, blue publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket, XXVII–93 pp., numerous heliogravure reproductions and 8 color plates. First edition. One of 3,300 numbered copies, this one No. 3006. Third volume of the “Orient and the Far East” collection, edited by René Grousset, following *From Greece to China* and *From India to Cambodia and Java*. The book was printed on April 30, 1951. The colophon specifies a limited print run of 3,300 copies numbered from 1 to 3,300, printed on heliovoiré paper from Papeteries Johannot, in addition to a few non-commercial copies. This copy bears the number 3,006. René Grousset (1885–1952), a member of the Académie française and a leading French specialist in Asian history, published *From China to Japan* in 1951; the Académie française lists it among his works. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the artistic history of China and Japan, examining in particular the cultural exchanges between the two civilizations, as well as the way in which Japan assimilated and then transformed Chinese models to develop its own aesthetic. A beautiful publication, richly illustrated with full-page reproductions: Chinese silk paintings and scrolls, bronzes, sculptures, and objets d’art, Japanese paintings, etc. The 8 color plates are particularly decorative. The institutional bibliography lists XXVII–93 pages, with a wealth of illustrations; another entry lists XXVIII–95 pages and eight color plates, a slight variation in collation depending on how the introductory leaves are counted. A fine copy, with a very fresh interior, in its illustrated dust jacket, which is worn with tears and marginal losses.
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