[Asian Art] Set of 3 books: - AUDSLEY (G.A.) and BOWES (James L.). Japanese ceramics. Volume 1. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1880, in-folio in leaves in worn muted cardboard folder. LXIpp + 54pp. illustrated with 12 photolithographic plates, some defects. - BASCHET. La Peinture Asiatique. Its history and wonders. Paris, L'Illustration, 1954, in-4 paperback, filled cover, 110 pages illustrated with 103 color reproductions and a map. - WAGNER. Indonesia. The art of an archipelago. Paris, Albin-Michel, 1967, in-8 bound in full cloth with slipcase. Numerous illustrations in colour.

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