Product Description
Offering this compact 2-volume set of Chinese Art by William Willetts.
New York: Braziller, 1958, 1st edition thus.
Illustrations throughout in b/w, heavily detailed with over 60 plates, 110 line drawings, maps, and specialized data tables.
There is a fold-out map of the Silk Road in the back of Vol 2.
The overall condition is Very Good.
The covers show mild fading to the spines and age toning to the endpapers inside.
The interior pages are clean and bright, with no markings.
The fold-out map of the Silk Road is securely attached and untorn.
The slipcase is age-toned and chipped (as pictured), else firmly intact and strong.
William Willetts (1918-1995) was a British art historian.
He structured this artistic survey to map specific art mediums to the historical periods during which they achieved their highest technical and socio-political relevance.
Volume 1 covers geography and prehistory, jade, ritual bronzes, lacquer, silk and sculpture.
Volume 2 covers pottery and ceramics, painting and history, and architecture.
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