Shelfmark
CS.1364.37
Title
Japanese colour prints : from Harunobu to Utamaro / with an introduction and notes by Wilfred Blunt.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : Faber and Faber Limited, [1952]
Physical description
24 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Series statement
(The Faber gallery of oriental art)
Provenance
Copy previously owned by Wilfrid Blunt, contains occasional handwritten annotations in pencil.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on front cover: "Japanese colour prints from Harunobu to Utamaro by Wilfrid Blunt. Faber: 1952".
Binding
Bound in wrapped papers
Copy-specific note
Proof copy with 10 plates glued in next to their corresponding plate descriptions.
Copy-specific note
Accompanyinig material: Letter (18 x 12 cm) from Basil to Wilfrid Blunt, dated on December 4th, to thank him for the comments on the proof copy of the book Japanese print book. Basil suggests a title for the book, discusses other aspects of the book.
Copy-specific note
Accompanying material: blank piece of paper with pencil annotations.
Copy-specific note
Accompanying material: Folded piece of irregular brown craft paper depicting three bird drawings and two sketched bird shapes, all in white. The verso of the paper contains pencil annotations and a blue sketch of a bird.
Subject
Prints, Japanese.
Subject
Color prints, Japanese Edo period, 1600-1868 Catalogs.
Subject
Ukiyoe Catalogs.
Genre/Form
Catalogs.
Added entry--name
Blunt, Wilfrid, 1901 - 1987 writer of introduction and notes, former owner.
Added entry--name
Faber and Faber publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53436