Weber, Victor-Frédéric. - "Ko-Ji Hô-Ten." Dictionary for Con - Lot 266

Weber, Victor-Frédéric. - "Ko-Ji Hô-Ten." Dictionary for Connoisseurs and Collectors of Japanese and Chinese Art. Paris: The Author, 1923. Two substantial folio volumes bound in brown half-shagreen with a smooth spine bearing the title and covers of fine percaline with a green background; the front cover is stamped with a portrait of a scholar in a gilt frame, with the author’s name and title in gilt; gilt edges—minor nicks at the corners or edges - 511 pp.; 509 pp., [3 pp.], [137 pp. appendices], [2 blank folios, list of minor corrections]. Illustrated with 5 color plates color half-leather, 70 plates in black half-leather, and over 2,100 engravings and drawings in the text. Printed in an edition of 585 copies; this one is no. 40, signed by the author with his red seal. Exceptional documentation.