HANDBOOK OF DESIGNS AND MOTIFS: Nearly 7000 Designs, Mofifs,Patterns, Symbols and Decorative Devices Based on Japanese Family Crests or Mon
by Thomajan, P.K
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Tudor Publishing, 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong quaro, beige cloth covered boards. Unpaginated (approx. 250pp.) Page after page in serried rows of black and white mon (family crests) of Japan. 1.5" x 1.5" with 20 crests per page. Every conceivable motif is represented from lines and geometrical figures to floral, animal, mythological, religious and animal based figures. A feast of the purest traditional Japanese graphic design in its elemental forms. A very fine, tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with fresh cloth and bright interior. Discreet prior owner signature on ffep. In a dust jacket with a few edge tears and touches of light soi. Fine in a very good dust jacket.l.
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- Brillig Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 06932
- Title
- HANDBOOK OF DESIGNS AND MOTIFS: Nearly 7000 Designs, Mofifs,Patterns, Symbols and Decorative Devices Based on Japanese Family Crests or Mon
- Author
- Thomajan, P.K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- JAPAN, JAPANESE, MOTIF, ICON, ICONONLOGY, SYMBOL, CREST, FAMILY, CLAN, CLASSICAL, TRADITIONAL, DEVICE, MON, PATTERN, DECORATIVE, DESIGNER, GRAPHIC, ART, ARTS, HISTORY, THOMAJAN, NATURAL, FLORAL, CIRCULAR LIJNEAR, GEOMETRICAL, RELIGIOUS, MYTH, MYTHOLOGICAL
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