Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st October 1886, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1165

188 Fleet Street m , London : October 1886 . I * Messrs . SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , & CO . 'S Jkt Bf $ m mut cjfffrttammjj " eltwrlts FOR THE PRESENT SEASON . I IMPORTANT NEW WORK ON JAPANESE PICTORIAL ART . NOW COMPLETE . Anderson ( William ) . —The Pictorial Arts of Japan Native Engravings . Illustrated on Wood with and 80 Plates Copper , , execut and a ed larg by e num Chromo 'ber - of lithograp Woodcuts hy , , Photogravure Sec , printed in , and the body of the Work . With general and descriptive text by William Anderson , F . R . C . S ., late Medical Officer to H . M . ' s Legation in Japan , Author of ' A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Chinese and Japanese Pictures in the British Museum ' ( in the press ) , and Articles on Pictorial and Glyptic Art in the ' Handbook for Japan ' & c . The complete Work , in Four Parts , Now Heady . Conditions of Publication . —The entire English and American Edition is limited to 1 , 100 copies ( 100 artists' proof copies and 1 , 000 ordinary copies ) . The publishers bind themselves neither to print iurther copies nor publish any smaller edition . The work is supplied at the following prices : — Artists' proof copies , Plates printed on finest Japanese paper , numbered and signed by the Author ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £ 12 12 0 { Only a few copies of this Edition now remain . ) Ordinary copies , printed on finest plate paper ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 80 PROSPECTUS . and The modern recent pictures acquisition by Japanese by the Trustees and Chinese of the artists British cannot Museum fail of the to invest Anderson the collection subject -with of ancient a new interest for every student of art in all parts of the world . Tins collection , which , was made by Mr . William Anderson during a long residence in the capital of investi Japan , gations is the , largest the general that results has ever of been which broug are published ht to Europe under . U the pon title it has of ' been The based Pictorial a seri Arts es of of Japan . ' The whole of the information offered in this work has been gathered by the author from the most trustworth y native sources , and is now placed within the reach of European and American readers . about The 1 . 10 Illustrations figures printed constitute with the an text important , executed feature in the of hi the ghest volume style . of They art comprise by Chromo 80 -lithogra Plates p and hy , Photogra vure , Native Engravings on Wood and Copper , and by other processes , and reproducing yorkss ls Mly by described representative as to motive artists , period from the , school seventh , and century artist . , A .. D ., to the present day . Each Illustration PRESS OPINIONS . plV . ( ' ' 01 iuj the \ thing presen like t instalment an adequate it notion Is not of too the much wealth to say And that variety it is nothing of its contents less than within a revelation the limits ; but of a it review is impossible . Suffice to it kii l" < 1 s _ « y ii . that luiirahly the text executed is exhaustive especially and the learned chrorao , but lithograp never hs dull , and or tedious the typograp , the illustrations hy and general well get chosen -up , all representative that can bo , Jin « toured < shi worthy ' , 1 . , will , 1 ' in author have point any of and grace reason publishers , and to complain vigour complete , of of comparison the their indifference task with in the European of spirit the public of art the , , w to ithin present whom the part the limits art performance imposed of the remotest , by neither differences Eas , we t , feel not of Un 'ii . stor ' iu _ ailed y nud fuLneas circumstance , beauty , is , and now variety lor the of first illustration time presented . '—Thjbs Spectator , with adequate . historical and descriptive comment , and lnton . ' J ^ lie ting ndmirers treatiso of on Japanose the subject art . . will . . The find publishers in the presen have t done work their a most part complete generously and , and instructive , distinguished as well as as they a mos are t or bilious de luxe , have produced nothing eo sumptuous as the work before us . ' —M-A \ CHE 8 Tictt Guaiidian . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTOlSr , SEARLE , & RIVIJSTGTON , I Crown Buildicgs , 188 Fleet Street , 3 . C .

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