Name/Title
Japanese Art /Sadakichi HartmannEntry/Object ID
2015.7.239Description
Bound for Beauty #52
288 p., [30] leaves of plates, incl. frontis : ill. (some col.)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281).
Contents: Early Religious Painting; The Feudal Period; The Renaissance; The Realistic Movement; The Influence of Japanese Art on Western Civilization; Japanese Architecture and Sculpture; The Ornamental Arts; Modern Japanese Art; Bibliography; Index.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Art, History, 1900sBook Details
Author
Sadakichi HartmannPublisher
L.C. Page & CompanyPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1903Date Printed
1904Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- JaponismeBinding Designer
Amy RandBinding Notes
Decorated maroon cloth with cover and spine design in gilt, black, green and blue, depicting flying cranes against a Hiroshoge-like breaking wave. Signed binding attributed to Amy Rand. Top edge gilt, deckled edges.Notes
Numbered bookplate of the New Century Club, a private lending library, is affixed to the inside pastedown. Bookplate #432 of the New Century Club. Class 761, Book H333.Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection