The Tao of Painting: A Study of the Ritual Disposition of Chinese Painting (The 1-Volume Edition)

Princeton University Press, 1963. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid, presentable copy of this 1963 2nd edition --"with corrections"-- of the handsome 1-volume edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with chipping along the spine ends, light, neat tape reinforcement discreetly along the inside of the dustjacket (at the spine) and a degree of soiling to the panels. Thick, square quarto, dozens of full-page plates supplementing the text. Continuing from the title page: "With a translation of the CHIEH TZU HUA CHUAN or MUSTARD SEED GARDEN MANUAL OF PAINTING 1679-1701". #49 in Pantheon's (and soon to be Princeton's) formidable Bollingen series.