Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

78 c   (CHINESE PAINTING.) Three Hundred Masterpieces of Chinese Painting in the Palace Museum. 6 volumes in 2 portfolios. Chinese and English text. introduction by Wang Shih-chieh and an essay by Chia-Luen Lo. 300 of tipped-in color plates and printed collotypes from the former Imperial Palace of the Ch’ing Dynasty, with biographical data and critical commentary in Chinese and English. 437x317 mm; 17 1 / 4 x12 1 / 2 inches, original Chinese sewn brocade silk wrappers; housed in two navy cloth folding cases with faux bone clasps and printed cover labels; internally near fine but for some very gentle occasional foxing to fore edges. number 627 of 1000 sets . Taiwan, Taichung: National PalaceMuseum andNational Central Museum1980   [1,000/1,500] 78 79 c   (CHINESE ART.) Sirén, Osvald. Early Chinese Paintings from the A.W. Bahr Collection. 25 tipped-in plates, several in color. Tall 4to, gilt-lettered cloth, ends and tips rubbed, small paint spot on verso near spine. first edition . number 228 of 750 copies , this copy signed by bahr on half-title. London: Chiswick Press, 1938   [400/600] 80 c   (INDIAN CARPETS.) HENDLEY, THOMAS HOLBEIN. Asian Carpets: XVI. and XVII. Century Designs from the Jaipur Palaces. 2 volumes in one. Text within chromolithographed borders, 150 color plates, 8 plain plates. Folio, rebound in 1 / 2 gilt-lettered brown morocco boards, some wear; all edges trimmed and gilt; plates clean. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1905   [1,200/1,800] 79 80