Lot 55 of 319:
Ada Small Moore Collection of Chinese Paintings  

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$1,000 - $1,500

Title:
A Study of Chinese Paintings in the Collection of Ada Small Moore

Author:
Hackney, Louise Wallace and Yau Chang-Foo

Place:
London

Publisher:
Oxford University Press

Date:
1940

Description:

xvi, 279 pp. 56 plates, several folding, a few in color. (Folio) 38.5x30 cm (15¼x11¾") original green cloth lettered in gilt, dust jacket. First Edition.

A significant catalogue of the substantial collection of Chinese paintings in the collection formed by Ada Small Moore (Mrs. William H. Moore), from pre T'ang times to the Ch'ing Dynasty. Supplement booklet from 1941 laid in.


Lot Amendments

Condition:
Jacket chipped and torn, lacking portion from lower panels and spine foot; volume very good or better.


 
Item number:
318576
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