{"title":"French Interest","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"histoire-des-arts-du-japan-volume-1-des-origines-a-1350-jean-buhot-1949","title":"Histoire des Arts du Japan, Volume 1, Des Origines a 1350, Jean Buhot, 1949","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tHistoire des Arts du Japan, Volume 1, Des Origines a 1350, by Jean Buhot, 1949.\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tAnnales du Musee guimet, Bibliotheque D'Art. Nouvelle Serie V. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan helvetica=\"\" style=\"color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: \"\u003e1st edition, scarce volume. Preface by Henri Maspero. 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Ex- library with usual markings - though sensitively done - only at front and rear of book.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tLarge volume, 270pp plus 7 maps and 88 black and white plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tFrench language, origins of Japanese art until 1,350.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tGood condition, some spotting to front cover and slight wear to cover, flysheets are discoloured but clean, and text pages slightly discolored to edges through age, but very good overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t329mm high x 235mm wide x 36mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t日本のアンティーク美術本\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39431432437959,"sku":"LAN1104","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/histoire_des_arts_du_japan_volume_1_des_origines_a_1350_img_6161.jpg?v=1616044838"},{"product_id":"journal-ou-suite-du-voyage-de-siam-abbe-de-choisy-1687-extremely-rare-first-edition","title":"Journal ou suite du voyage de Siam, Abbe de Choisy, 1687, extremely rare first edition","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tJournal ou suite du voyage de Siam, Abbe de Choisy, 1687, extremely rare first edition\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch6 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 4px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em; color: #ffffff; background: #999999;\"\u003e\r\n\tRECENTLY SOLD\u003c\/h6\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThis is the very rare first Amsterdam edition of this work from 1687, following the first Paris printing. A very early account of Western travel to Thailand (Siam).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tChoisy, Abbe De. Journal ou suite du voyage de Siam en forme des lettres familieres fait en MD CLXXXV et MD CLXXXVI, par Mr. L. D. C. suivant la copie de Paris imprimee.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tPublished: Chez Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam 1687\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tEdition: First Amsterdam Edition. \u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tBinding: Contemporary Full Vellum\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tFirst Edition, contemporary vellum, cover worn and soiled but intact and expected condition for age, pp. 3pp + 377pp + 3pp, small worm holes at pp. 369 to end, lacking rear endpaper, age browning mainly to top edge of many pages, contents generally clean and binding firm, small bookseller's sticker on inside cover – a good copy in its original state.\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tAbbe de Choisy along with Chevalier de Chaumont were sent by King Louis XVI as representatives of France to the Kingdom of Siam under the Reign of King Narai the Great. 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Book is undated. This is an uncommon large volume which tends to be a bit overlooked due to the high desirability and value of some of R L Hobson's other limited edition volumes on Chinese Art of a more monographic nature, but we believe that this book will become more and more desirable over coming years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tEditions Albert Levy, Paris, Librairie centrale des beaux-arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tYellow cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. No dustjacket. 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Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones. 1st edition. 1911","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tGorer \u0026amp; Blacker. Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones. 1st edition. 1911\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tEdgar Gorer \u0026amp; J. F Blacker. Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones. Illustrated by two hundred and Fifty-Four Pages of Gems of Chinese Ceramic and Glyptic Art and Described by Edgar Gorer \u0026amp; J.F. Blacker.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eSuperb double volume set in slipcases of one of the most sought after titles on Chinese art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eThis is the best example of this set we have seen to date. 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Quarto, folio.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003ePublished by Bernard Quaritch in 1911, this is a truly magnificent set.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eMore recently, both volumes have been housed in a vellum like outer folder \u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003ein a natural ivory colour\u003c\/strong\u003e to provide extra protection. These have printed labels attached to the spine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eIn addition, stiff outer slipcases have been made to house this set. These are unprinted in a vellum like material, with a yellowish green hue.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eThe books themselves are in ivory cloth over board with gilded lettering and Chinese motif.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch6 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 4px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em; color: #ffffff; background: #999999;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eRECENTLY SOLD - PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WE GET ANOTHER EXAMPLE\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tPublished in London by  Bernard Quaritch,\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, W, 1911.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t2 volume set in near fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tCatalogued in Rare Book in Foreign Languages in the National Library of China, Beijing, 2001, p.133-134, V\/NK4546\/G66\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t1911年 倫敦出版\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tEdgar Gorer及J.F. Blacker著《中國瓷器與玉石》兩冊\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t限量1000套，此拍品為第124號\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tVolume I : \u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tI-XIX pp. : title + english preface,\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tXX-XXXVIII pp. titre + préface française,\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tplates 1-26 : Group I, Chinese Porcelain, Black Grounds, Decorated,\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tplates 27-52 : Group II, Chin. Porc., Green Grounds, Decorated,\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tplates 53-65 : Group III, Chin. Porc., Yellow Grounds, Decorated,\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tplates 66-102 : Group IV, Chin. Porc., Figures, Animals, and Birds,\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tplates 103-135 : Group V, Chin. Porc., Famille Verte.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tVolume II :\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tpp. n. numbered : english + french titles...\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tplates 136-151 : Group VI, Chin. Porc., Blue and white,\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tplates 152-159 : Group VII, Chin. 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Porc., Famille Rose,\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tplates 230-254 : Group XII, Chin. Hard Stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tv. 1 : L. 323 x w. 244 x d. 76 mm.\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tv. 2 : L. 323 x w. 244 x d. 65 mm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39431673053383,"sku":"LAN1263","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/gorer_and_blacker_chinese_porcelain_and_hard_stones_1st_edition_06.jpg?v=1770394320"},{"product_id":"collection-danciennes-porcelaines-de-chine-et-pierres-dures-by-edgar-gorer-1912","title":"Collection d'Anciennes Porcelaines de Chine et Pierres Dures, by Edgar Gorer, 1912","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tCollection d'Anciennes Porcelaines de Chine et Pierres Dures, by Edgar Gorer, 1912, fine 1st edition\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tCollection of Ancient Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones by Edgar Gorer, 1912.\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tExposee a l'Hotel Astoria, Paris, 1912\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tSOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tMagnificent exhibition catalogue of Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, exhibited at the Astoria Hotel in Paris 1912.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tPublished by Geo. W. Jones, London, 1912.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tText in French. Detailed descriptions of 169 items.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tReally beautiful hard back book illustrated with 14 tissue guarded plates. Worthy of following Gorer's massive 2 volume set on the same subject published in 1911. This book is in fine condition. Cover is navy blue cloth over board with gilt lettering. Attractive Brussels booksellers sticker to first pastedown. Only very light spotting to extremities. Text is printed on high quality uncut ivory paper. Plates are bright and clean, all with near opaque tissue guards. 73pp plus 14 full page colour plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t30cm high x 23cm wide x 1.8cm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39431675969735,"sku":"LAN1268","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/collection_danciennes_porcelaines_de_chine_et_pierres_dures_by_edgar_gorer_1912_01.jpg?v=1616046261"},{"product_id":"la-sculpture-chinoise-by-h-dardenne-de-tizac-1st-edition-1931","title":"La Sculpture Chinoise, by H. D'Ardenne de Tizac, 1st edition 1931","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tLa Sculpture Chinoise, by H. D'Ardenne de Tizac, 1st edition 1931\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThis book on Chinese Sculpture was published in Paris in 1931, Les Editions G. Van Oest.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tPublished as part of the series Bibliotheque D'Histoire de L'Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tSoftcover as issued. 1st edition in very good condition. Cover has some age wear an sun disoloration to rear. Small piece (around 5mm square missing to top rear). \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tText all very good, bright and clean. Some minor spotting at front and rear, but a really nice book overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t51pp plus 64 beautifully produced plates. All on a heavy uncut stock. Text in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t254mm high x 195mm wide x 20mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39431734722759,"sku":"LAN1456","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/sculpture_chinoise_02.jpg?v=1616046548"},{"product_id":"le-petit-journal-supplement-illustre-no-133-1893-siam-king-rama-v-and-the-queen","title":"Le Petit Journal, Supplement Illustre, No. 133, 1893, Siam, King Rama V and the Queen","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tLe Petit Journal, Supplement Illustre, No. 133, 1893, Siam, King Rama V and the Queen\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tSOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tScarce copy of this illustrated supplement from 10 Juin, 1893.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThis is a genuine original copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThe cover depicts King Rama V and his Queen - this is one of the most sought after editions of Le Petit Journal Supplements with Thai interest on the cover. Now very scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tCondition: Very Good overall - and very scarce in any condition. 8pp as issued. Age discoloration as would be expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tDimensions: Approx 44cm x 30cm. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eImportant note: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tCopies of Le Petit Journal with Thai scenes on the cover are highly sought after in Thailand. This copy has been sourced from the French art market and is totally authentic. 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Large folio size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eText in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eThis large folio consists of an outer wrap of heavy paper with stengthened spine (repaired). Cover is fair condition, but is somewhat worn, soiled and frayed. Inside there is a 41pp introduction with detailed descriptions of the plates by Osvald Siren printed on loose 4 page sections. Good condition but some staining to top right corner of first few pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eThis is followed by the 40 individual plates which are in generally very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eThis is a scarce set and wonderful to find such large quality plates of Chinese paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e 430mm high x 330mm wide x 23mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39432004960455,"sku":"LAN1284","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/IMG_1731.jpg?v=1675687880"},{"product_id":"la-parfaite-intelligence-du-commerce-by-malisset-dhertereau-2-volumes-first-edition-1785","title":"La Parfaite Intelligence du Commerce, by Malisset d'Hertereau, 2 volumes, first edition, 1785. 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Text is clear but suffers from water damage to the first half of the book. xii + 732pp + ii.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 2: Cover is rubbed and worn with small pieces absent from extremities. Head and tail of spine are worn away considerably. Spine has 5 raised bands with tan title label and green volume label. Plain endpapers. 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Drawing on French, Persian, and British sources, Amini explores Napoleon’s ambitions in the East, the Treaty of Finkenstein (1807), and the dramatic shifts in Persian foreign policy as France, Britain, and Russia competed for influence. This first English edition, published by Curzon Press in 1999, remains one of the most authoritative works on the subject and a key reference for scholars of Middle Eastern and Napoleonic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1208\" data-start=\"801\"\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong data-end=\"868\" data-start=\"811\"\u003epresentation copy from the author to Sir Denis Wright\u003c\/strong\u003e, former UK Ambassador to Iran (1963–1971), with the author’s signed inscription on the title page and Wright’s own signature. Included are two authorial letters addressed to Sir Denis, adding rich provenance and making this copy an association item of considerable interest to collectors of Persian history and diplomatic correspondence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNapoleon and Persia, Franco-Persian Relations Under the First Empire, within the context of the rivalries between France, Britain and Russia by Iradj Amini.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Curzon Press, 1999 - 1st English Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the library of Sir Dennis Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine condition hardback with dustjacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: approx 224mm high x 146mm wide x 26mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003exix + 228pp + plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39432063385799,"sku":"LAN1604","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/napoleon_and_persia_05.jpg?v=1616048602"},{"product_id":"the-baur-collection-chinese-snuff-bottles-flacons-a-tabac-chinois","title":"The Baur Collection; Chinese Snuff Bottles, Flacons a Tabac Chinois","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Baur Collection; Chinese Snuff Bottles, Flacons a Tabac Chinois\u003cbr\u003e by Verene Nicollier\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e]Published Collections Baur-Geneve, 5 Continents Editions. 1st edition 2007.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fine, As New Hardback. 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Beautiful book illustrating this wonderful collection. 373pp. Text in French and English.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Approx Dimensions:\u003cbr\u003e 290mm high x 240mm wide x 41mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39432099692743,"sku":"LAN1659","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/baur_collection_snuff_bottles_01.jpg?v=1616049014"},{"product_id":"journal-ou-suite-du-voyage-de-siam-abbe-de-choisy-1687-rare-1st-amsterdam-edition","title":"Journal ou suite du voyage de Siam, Abbe de Choisy, 1687, rare 1st Amsterdam edition","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tJournal ou Suite du Voyage de Siam, Abbe de Choisy, 1687, rare first edition.\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tSOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tThis is the rare first Amsterdam edition of this work from 1687, following the first Paris printing. A very early account of Western travel to Thailand (Siam).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tChoisy, Abbe De. Journal ou suite du voyage de Siam en forme des lettres familieres fait en MD CLXXXV et MD CLXXXVI, par Mr. L. D. C. suivant la copie de Paris imprimee.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tPublished: Chez Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam 1687.\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tEdition: First Amsterdam Edition. \u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tBinding: Later full calf leather, scuffed and bumped, and with spurious \"Tom III - Volume 3\" added to spine.\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tFirst Edition, pp. 3pp + 377pp + 3pp. Text pages are very good overall and clean for their age. Only the occasional small stain and lacking any worming often associated with books of this period. A very good copy overall.\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tAbbe de Choisy along with Chevalier de Chaumont were sent by King Louis XVI as representatives of France to the Kingdom of Siam under the Reign of King Narai the Great. This rare volume is a detailed journal written in the form of correspondence letters of Choisy's observations including countless details of daily life in Siam during his stay as a missionary during 1685-1686.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tApprox. 165mm high x 102mm wide x 30mm deep\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39432237154503,"sku":"LAN1725","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/journal_ou_suite_du_voyage_de_siam_abbe_de_choisy_04.jpg?v=1616049861"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-delightful-and-strange-designs-japanese-stencils-by-andrew-tuer-1893","title":"The Book of Delightful and Strange Designs - Japanese Stencils, by Andrew Tuer, 1893","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tThe Book of Delightful and Strange Designs - Japanese Stencils, by Andrew Tuer.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'}\nspan.s1 {font: 12.0px 'Lantinghei TC'}\t\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan class=\"main-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eRECENTLY SOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan class=\"main-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eThe Book of Delightful and Strange Designs; being one hundred facsimile illustrations of the art of the Japanese stencil-cutter, to which the gentle reader is introduced by one Andrew W. Tuer, F.S.A., who knows nothing at all about it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan class=\"main-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eA very lengthy title and a wonderful and very scarce book by Andrew White Tuer (1838-1900). 1st edition, limited edition with a genuine Japanese stencil plate as frontispiece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan class=\"main-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003ePublished in 1893 by;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan class=\"main-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eLondon: Leadenhall Press; Liberty \u0026amp; Co, (London, Paris and Yokohama); Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent \u0026amp; Co; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan class=\"main-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eNew York: Charles Scribner's Sons;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan class=\"main-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eParis: Baudry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan class=\"main-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eLeipzig: F A Brockhaus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan class=\"main-heading\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eHarback with linen spine and labels to spine and front. 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Black cloth hardback with gilt, and inset metal coin replica, housed within a slipcase. 272 pages with 2,103 colour illustrations. Includes DVD on inside rear mount for Mac and PC with over 1,000 colour images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by River Books, Bangkok, 2012. Now out of print and scarce. Primarily in English, with some Thai.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the first ever comprehensive book about Thai coins and ethnographic monies in English.\u003c\/strong\u003e It covers the time period from the earliest proto-state up to the introduction of the baht currency system. 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