Les Civilisations de L'Orient (4 Volume Set: L'Orient, L'Inde, La Chine, Le Japon) (FRENCH TEXT)

Grousset, Ren

Hardcover. Paris, France, Les Editions G. Cres & Cie, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 4 Volume Set. Hardcover. FRENCH TEXT. B/w illustrations throughout. Former owner's bookplate on front endpapers of all 4 books. Multi-color cover boards with brown leather quarter/spine and matching leather corners. Cover boards have some agewear. Spine has raised bands with paste down title labels in gilt. Leather is showing age wear and worn at edges and spine, in places. Tanning from age throughout and foxing to top edges. Gutters split in some areas, but no pages are detached or missing. Beautiful, old set that is "a general introduction to the study of the arts in Asia for the cultivated public." Vol.1: L'Orient: 362 pages; Vol. 2: L'Inde: 370 pages;Vol. 3: Le Chine: 360 pages; and Vol. 4: La Japon: 319 pages.

Record # 31653