Francis Brinkley 1901-02 8 Volumes Japan Its History Arts and Literature HC

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Seller: lastexitbooks ✉️ (18,907) 100%, Location: Charlottesville, Virginia, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 294013605372 Francis Brinkley 1901-02 8 Volumes Japan Its History Arts and Literature HC. Hardcover. 8vo. J B Millet, Boston, MA and Tokyo, Japan. 1901-02. 8 Volumes. Volume 1, 260 pages. Volume II, 286 pages. Volume III, 256 pages. Volume IV, 267 pages. Volume V, 260 pages. Volume VI, 301 pages, fold out map illustration at back endpapers. Volume VII, Pictorial and Applied Art. 396 pages. Volume VIII, Keramic Arts. 450 pages. The books are illustrated with 223 full page plates with tissue guards. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and chrysanthemum decoration present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is faded and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The books offer a really nice view from this beautifully done oriental illustrated series. Many detailed accounts of Japan's History, Art and Literature are given throughout. The books cover a wide range of topics which include governments, rulers, education, people, history, art, religion, trade, commerce, international relations, nature and institutions. Francis Brinkley (30 December 1841 – 12 October 1912) was an Anglo-Irish newspaper owner, editor and scholar who resided in Meiji period Japan for over 40 years, where he was the author of numerous books on Japanese culture, art and architecture and an English-Japanese Dictionary. He was also known as Frank Brinkley or as Captain Francis Brinkley and was the great uncle of Cyril Connolly. Francis Brinkley 1901-02 8 Volumes Japan Its History Arts and Literature HC

Francis Brinkley 1901-02 8 Volumes Japan Its History Arts and Literature HC

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Up For Sale Today is

Japan
Its History Arts and Literature

Edited by
Captain Francis Brinkley

Hardcover. 8vo. J B Millet, Boston, MA and Tokyo, Japan. 1901-02. 8 Volumes. Volume 1, 260 pages. Volume II, 286 pages. Volume III, 256 pages. Volume IV, 267 pages. Volume V, 260 pages. Volume VI, 301 pages, fold out map illustration at back endpapers. Volume VII, Pictorial and Applied Art. 396 pages. Volume VIII, Keramic Arts. 450 pages. The books are illustrated with 223 full page plates with tissue guards.

Bound in green cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and chrysanthemum decoration present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is faded and worn). No ownership marks present.  Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.

The books offer a really nice view from this beautifully done oriental illustrated series. Many detailed accounts of Japan's History, Art and Literature are given throughout. The books cover a wide range of topics which include governments, rulers, education, people, history, art, religion, trade, commerce, international relations, nature and institutions.

Francis Brinkley (30 December 1841 – 12 October 1912)  was an Anglo-Irish newspaper owner, editor and scholar who resided in Meiji period Japan for over 40 years, where he was the author of numerous books on Japanese culture, art and architecture and an English-Japanese Dictionary. He was also known as Frank Brinkley or as Captain Francis Brinkley and was the great uncle of Cyril Connolly.

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Book formats and corresponding sizes  
Name Abbreviations Leaves Pages Approximate cover size (width × height)  
inches cm  
folio 2º or fo 2 4 12 × 19 30.5 × 48  
quarto 4º or 4to 4 8 9½ × 12 24 × 30.5  
octavo 8º or 8vo 8 16 6 × 9 15 × 23  
duodecimo  or twelvemo 12º or 12mo 12 24 5 × 7⅜ 12.5 × 19  
sextodecimo or sixteenmo 16º or 16mo 16 32 4 × 6¾ 10 × 17  
octodecimo or eighteenmo 18º or 18mo 18 36 4 × 6½ 10 × 16.5  
trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo 32º or 32mo 32 64 3½ × 5½ 9 × 14  
quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo 48º or 48mo 48 96 2½ × 4 6.5 × 10  
sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo 64º or 64mo 64 128 2 × 3 5 × 7.5  
 

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  • Condition: ***********PLEASE CLICK ON THE DESCRIPTION IF YOU ARE ON YOUR PHONE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS AND READ THE DESCRIPTION****************Hardcover. 8vo. J B Millet, Boston, MA and Tokyo, Japan. 1901-02. 8 Volumes. Volume 1, 260 pages. Volume II, 286 pages. Volume III, 256 pages. Volume IV, 267 pages. Volume V, 260 pages. Volume VI, 301 pages, fold out map illustration at back endpapers. Volume VII, Pictorial and Applied Art. 396 pages. Volume VIII, Keramic Arts. 450 pages. The books are illustrated with 223 full page plates with tissue guards. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and chrysanthemum decoration present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is faded and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The books offer a really nice view from this beautifully done oriental illustrated series. Many detailed accounts of Japan's History, Art and Literature are given throughout
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Language: English
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Place of Publication: New York

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