£1,700 - £2,000
AUDSLEY, George Ashdown (1838-1925). The Ornamental Arts of Japan. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1882-84. 2 volumes, frontispieces and titles printed in red and black, 105 fine numbered colour lithographed or heliogravure plates, as called for, in text illustrations (occasional spotting mainly to text, some water stains), finely bound in original coloured pictorial morocco gilt, the upper covers with a stylised design of a bird and a bamboo tree, two mon with red and green morocco onlays, the spine with Japanese characters in a panel, gilt edges, large 4to (41.5cm x 30cm)
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