Complete, with 161 folio plates from photographs and design plans of various works of Chinese furniture, loose, as issued; illustrating 122 pieces, of which 21 in measured drawings. 15x10½, loose plates and text leaves & 40 page plus introduction booklet, laid in (as issued), all housed in the publisher’s folding blue cloth box, with paper cover and spine labels and sliding bone clasps (fitting into cloth holders). First Edition. One of 200 copies.

One of the most important and early treatments on the subject, with 161 high-quality plates. A hand-written letter providing detailed accounts of “where this book came from” starting from the early 1950’s up to the 1990’s (including a mention of copies selling for $1000 at auction), laid in.