‎SIRÈN Osvald - Adolphe STOCLET ( provenance ) : :‎
‎Histoire des Arts Anciens de la Chine. [1] La Période préhistorique. L'époque Tcheou, L'époque Tch'ou et Ts'in. [2] L'époque Han et les six dynasties. [3] La sculpture de l'époque Han à L'époque Ming. [4] L'Architecture. ( complete in 4 vols).‎

‎ Bruxelles - Paris, Van Oest & Annales du Musée Guimet. 1929 - 1930, 4 vols format large in-4°, (33 x 22,5 cm), [1] vi pp + 95 pp + 108 plates. [2] (8) nn pp + 119 pp + (5) nn pp + 120 plates. [3] (4)nn pp + 105 pp + (3) nn pp + 128 plates. [4] (4) nn pp + 100 pp + (4) nn pp + 120 plates (complete set). Bound in uniformly. half red silk cloth, title labels on spines, all covers and spines retained. Bindings in pristine state, interior flawless. The author Sirèn (1879 - 1966) was the pre-eminent sinologist of his generation. He became professor at Stockholm uinversity. Many of the plates are based on photographs made by the author during his many travels to China. Sadly some of sites he documented do not exist anymore.. The set belonged to Adolphe Stoclet (1871 - 1949) , belgian finance-and industrial tycoon, famous as builder of the Stoclet palace in Brussels, a world famous Art Nouveau building designed by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann. (an invoice of the publisher, for vol. III to Stoclet is inserted in vol.III).Without doubt one of the nicest sets ever to come on the market.‎

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