A complete set in an unusually good condition

Moslé, [A. G.]

Japanische Kunstwerke. Waffen / Schwertzieraden / Lacke / Gewebe / Bilder / Holzschnitte der Sammlung Moslé.

Published 1914
Item ID 72625
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Leipzig, E. A. Seeman, 1914. In two portfolios. Loose sheets (40.0 x 30.0 cm). Four pp. text leaf with title and index; first portfolio with 102 plates (numbered I-CII); second portfolio with 102 plates (numbered CIII-CCIV). Portfolios size: 41.1 x 30.8 x 3.9 cm.

A magnificent work on the outstanding Japanese and Chinese art collection of Alexander Georg Moslé (1862-1949), a German businessman and consul who worked in Japan between 1884 and 1907. Plates I and CIII in full colour, mounted; CXXXIV and CCI hand-coloured. Plate numbering with some peculiarities: IL and IC for 49 and 99 respectively; same error with 149 and 199. Provenance: with the pictorial woodcut bookplate of the German merchant Johannes ‘Hans’ Dedi (1918-2016) on the versos of the portfolio top boards. Portfolios with some signs of wear, cloth and joints split at a few edges; first volume with some dampstaining, one flap nearly detached. Plates in mint condition: no creasing, spotting, staining, toning, or offsetting; only mild marginal foxing on the versos of plate CII (facing portfolio rear board) and plate CIII (facing flaps). Rare. We found no other copies on the internet and no auction records after 1948.

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