first edition printed pictorial wrappers
2000 · Los Angeles
by COHN (Don J)
(CHINESE Children's Books).
COHN (Don J):
Virtue by Design: Illustrated Chinese Children's Books from the Cotsen Children's Library.
[Los Angeles:] Cotsen Occasional Press [2000].
Profusely illustrated with more than 200 pictures in color.
4to, v 90pp; printed pictorial wrappers.
First edition of this important monograph on Chinese children's books in the Cotsen Children's Library from the late Ming period (1368-1644) to the present, from Empire to Communist state, showcasing illustrated books, magazines, periodicals and other printed material for children. The whole survey, arranged chronologically, takes us from early primers (truncated)
COHN (Don J):
Virtue by Design: Illustrated Chinese Children's Books from the Cotsen Children's Library.
[Los Angeles:] Cotsen Occasional Press [2000].
Profusely illustrated with more than 200 pictures in color.
4to, v 90pp; printed pictorial wrappers.
First edition of this important monograph on Chinese children's books in the Cotsen Children's Library from the late Ming period (1368-1644) to the present, from Empire to Communist state, showcasing illustrated books, magazines, periodicals and other printed material for children. The whole survey, arranged chronologically, takes us from early primers (truncated)