Fine Books and Manuscripts

Fenollosa, Ernest F. Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art: An Outline History of East Asiatic Design. New York and London: Frederick A. Stokes Company and William Heinemann, [1913]. 2 volumes. Second revised edition, first printing. Original half publisher’s yellow cloth over brown paper boards, front cover stamped in brown with gilt lettering, spine titled in gilt. Profusely illustrated with color and black & white full pages illustrations with tissue guards + colored frontispiece. 4to. Vol. II (only) rear board starting; contents clean and tight. Near fine copy. This title is still regarded as the essential and definitive survey of eastern art and the second edition is preferred.