Beschreibung:

circa 40,5 x 29 cm., with many illustrations and extra plates. Original wrappers in old portfolio Amply illustrated catalogue to the important colletion of Siegfried Bing (called Samuel; 1838-1905) with plates in nice heliogravure. Consists of: 1. Sculptures (nr 1-32) et masques de nô (33-45) - 2. Laques (46-120), inrô (121-137) et peignes (138-156) - 3. Céramiques (Chine, Corée et Japon) (157-490) - 4. Bronzes et armes (Chine et Japon, dont tsuba) (491-606) - 5) Netsuke (607-685), étuis de pipes (686-689), pochettes à tabac et ornements de pochette (690 à 693), éventails (694-709) et étoffes (710-812) - 6. Peintures (813-951). - Wide-margined, uncut, some leaves with small marginal tears, else nice and clean. The private portfolio rubbed, with an old dedication by the German industrialist Alfred Leverkus to Richard Ott, probably the painter and paedagog. Endpaper with the pretty large bookplate for Leverkus.