Chinese Calligraphers and their Art
Ch'en Chih-Mai
$30.00
Place Published: Melbourne
Edition: 1st Edition
Date Published: 1966
Illustrator: profusely illustrated
Size: 4to
Study of the great Chinese Calligraphers, from legendary beginnings, ancient scripts, oracle bone inscriptions, through Han, T’ang, and Sung dynasties, The Ch’ing Renaissance; also includes general chapters on the aesthetics of Chinese Calligraphy; b&w plate illustrations throughout; red cloth boards with gilt calligraphy motifs to front, and gilt titling to spine; former owner’s bookplate to front endpaper, and 2 x name-stamp to prelims, text block foxed, o.w. Very Good throughout; stain lower front board; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, with one or two short closed tears, and minor lifting of original celoglaze, front flap creased, price clipped, o.w. Very Good.