TOMKINSON, Michael. A Japanese Collection. London: George Allen, 1898.
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TOMKINSON, Michael. A Japanese Collection. London: George Allen, 1898.

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TOMKINSON, Michael. A Japanese Collection. London: George Allen, 1898.

2 volumes, 4o (325 x 250 mm). Title-pages printed in red and black. Photographic frontispiece and numerous photogravure plates. Original half vellum, gilt-lettered on spines, top edges gilt, others uncut (worn, hinges of vol. I cracked, front hinge of vol. II reinforced, remnants of library shelf labels on spines). Provenance: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum (bookplate, library stamp on verso of plates, library accession stickers on verso of front free endpaper).

LIMITED EDITION, number 103 of 200 copies. A fine catalogue highlighting Tomkinson's collection of ceramics, ivories, swords, textiles, lacquers, and numerous other Japanese works of art. (2)
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