Title: Ko-ji hō-ten Tome Premier & Tome Second
Author: Weber, V.-F.
Publisher: Hacker Art Books
Year: 1965
Language: French
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Info: 511 pages, 39 cm by 30 cm, hardcover
ID: B0178
V.F. (Victor Frédéric) Weber published this monumental two volume 'dictionary' in 1923 with the subtitle "Dictionnaire a l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art Japonais et Chinois.", so it covers both Japanese and Chinese art. This copy is a reprint from 1965.
The books where written with several other monumental encyclopedic works from that era in mind (as acknowledged by Weber in his introduction), among others: Legend in Japanese Art by Henri L. Joly (1908), and Dictionnaire D'Histoire Et De Geographie Du Japon by E. Papinot (1899).
Not a book about Japanese armour, but a classic book to should be in a serious library on Japanese art and history.
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