Treasures of Asia: Chinese Painting
by Cahill, James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Geneva: Skira, 1972. Hardcover. very good. 1st new edition. 211pp. Quarto. Original yellow cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Pictorial dustjacket, lightly discoloured along edges. Tight, clean copy. very good 100 reproductions of chinese paintings, done in full colour. 1972
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126716
- Title
- Treasures of Asia: Chinese Painting
- Author
- Cahill, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Skira
- Place of Publication
- Geneva
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Art|Chinese Art|Chinese Painting|Painting
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Aquila Books
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