Kiyonaga: a Study of His Life and Works with a Portfolio of Plates in Color and Collotype (2 Vols.)

Harvard University Press, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published by Harvard for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, this is a nice example of the 1939 1st edition. In 2 Vols. Vol. 1 is the text. A well-preserved, VG+ copy in its original beige cloth AND with its very uncommon, unprinted dustjacket. Thick quarto, 545 pgs. The accompanying volume is the portfolio of plates, housed in a handsome cloth box. Folio, complete with the 138 black and white plates called for but missing the 8 color plates. Also VG+ and well-preserved. A handsome set and the definitive monograph on Kiyonaga, the renowned late 18th and early 19th century Japanese printmaker.