By Imperial Command: An Introduction to Ch'ing Imperial Painted Enamels (2 Volumes in Slipcase)

SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION No. 765 of 1000 copies. 2 Volumes in Slipcase. Folio (approx. 38.5 x 26cm) blue cloth hardbacks with blind-stamped Chinese characters to upper boards, in unclipped dust jackets, in heavy duty printed white paper-covered slipcase. Decorative endpapers. Text Volume: 98pp., Indexed. Signed by the Author to Limitations page. No other markings or inscriptions. Contains a loose double-sided printed sheet of Notes reproduced from pages 89-92 to make reading the text easier. Plates Volume: pages unnumbered. Contains 87 numbered colour plates but some have more than one image. All are captioned and refer to the specific text page. No markings or inscriptions to this volume. Foxing to half title page of the Plates volume otherwise internally bright and clean. Printed white slipcase a little soiled and possibly missing an extra layer of binding to top. Both volumes VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD DUST JACKETS in Good+ Slipcase.