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From THE SCOTSMAN , April 4 . ———— - The Ornamental Arts of Japan . By George Ashdown Audsley , F . R . I . B . A . Part III . London : Sampson Low , Marston , & Co . The service which Mr . Audsley has done to art in the production of this work can only be said to be equalled by the service which he has done to all lovers of the beautiful . The ornamental arts of Japan deserved to be better known to the public , not only for themselves , but because of the lessons which they taught . Mr . Audsley has studied the whole question . He has searched for specimens of Japanese art , and having found them , he has produced illustrations of them of marvellous beauty . This is the third part of the work , and it contains a series of illustrations of cloisonne enamel and other Japanese work . The plates , indeed , relate , not only to enamels , but to lacquer , to textile fabrics , to painting , to carving , to encrusted work , and to metal work . The text , again , gives an account of each of these descriptions of work . Thus , here we have as section seventh of the book a full account of cloisonne enamel , extending to many pages , and giving , not merely the characteristics of the work , but the manner in which it has been produced . The work is , therefore , not only of artistic but of practical value ; and as such it should find its way into the hands of all those who are engaged in any of the ornamental arts . The illustrations of the work are done with singular beauty . This feature of it has been commented on before now . Some of the plates are in monotint , but others have all the-colours of the original ; and it would be difficult to imagine anything more beautiful than they are . Each of the illustrations has its explanatory chapter ; and the whole is produced on separate sheets , so that it can either be kept in the portfolio in which it has been issued , or placed in a binding which shall be sumptuous and worthy of it . Enough has probably been said to show the value of the work . It is one of the most beautiful and valuable books of its kind that have been published for a long time past . '
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1885, page 358, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041885/page/22/
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