SEKAI RATAI BIJUTSU ZENSHU [World Collection of Nudes] Six Volumes

Quarto. Together 70pp. of text, and 456 black & white and color plates each with a printed description page. Text in Japanese. Good set. All the plates are accounted for and in FIne condition. A collection and history of the nude in art. V.1: Ancient and Middle Age; v.2: Renaissance; v.3: 17th and 18th Centuries; v.4: Supplement to Modern Age; v.5: 19th Century; V.6: Present. Please note: Oversized volumes: this book will require additional shipping for destinations outside the US; we will ship at cost. Original blue cloth over boards, with gilt stamped lettering on spines, and a silver stamped decorative device on the front covers. Top edges gilt. Spines evenly faded, hinges cracked; volumes 3 and 5 boards are detached from the text block; covers have some moderate wear, else a Good to Very Good set.