Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1886, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1536

SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON fc CO . « i ^ ST I ~ ( continued ) . " ¦ I Important New Work on tfapctnese I Ornamental . Avt " * ¦ I JSTotu Complete . I The ORNAMENTAL ARTS Of JAPAN . Dedicated , by special I permission , to His Royal Highness the Duke op JEdin-bukgh / K . G ., K . T . Illustrated -with One I general Hundred and and descri One Plates ptive te — xt Seventy . By George in Colours Ashdown and Gold Audslev , and Thi / , Fellow rty-one of in the Monochrome Royal Institute —with I I of Keramic British Art Architects of Japan , Mem / and Author of the of ' Asiatic several Society Works of on Japan Art . , Com ono p of lete the in Four Autliors Parts of , Now the I I R « ady . - . I Conditions off Puhlication . —The Work , forming Two Handsome Folio Volumes / is issued in Four I Parts , inclosed in ornamental cloth Portfolios ! A I The Entire Edition for the sale in England and the Colonies is strictly limited to 69 A" copies . The I Author and Publishers bind themselves neither to prfnt further copies nor publish any smaller edition . I I General England copies and , printed the Colonies on finest p . ^ late paper ... , onl > y .. . co . .. ies printed ... for . ;' .- sale . in .. £ 15 15 0 I I In 2 vols . handsomely bound in leather , specially designed by the Autlior ... ... 23 2 0 I *¦ + * The price will shortly be increased to £ \§ . 16 s . and £ 24 , 3 s . respectively . I were ' "We issued briefly more described than two the years first and and a , second half aco instalments . ¦ Ifc is now of complete Mr . Audsl , an ey d ' on s splendidly its superb Illustrated plates all the book resources soon after of 3 they fM . I Lemercier , of Paris , have been lavished , and the best qualities of the chromo-lithographic and heliogravure processes I have been developed in delineating the art of the extreme East . ' —ATHENiEUM . , I yet ' been In this published splendid . '— work Academy , now . brought safely to a _ , conclusion . , we have the mo 3 t perfect _ . view . _ of Japanese art "which ha ^ I I illustrations * As migh , t ex be cellentl expected y chosen , the most , and attrac printed tive in and colours ¦ ¦ perhaps in the the most most beautiful importan mariner t part of bylfcT Mr . . Audsley Lemcrciei ! s book ; , of Paris consist . ' s of the ¦ The Times . "The volume just completed reflect ** the highest credit on . those concerned in . Us production The work of Mr . jfl Audsley is cliiefly valuable as being the first and most complete record of the industrial arts of the Japanese We I take leave of these superb volumes with the hope that the valuable le-sons in ornamental design they contain will be as I fully appreciated by the manufacturer as they have been by us . '— -Building- Nbws . II * The illustrations to the book , printed in colours by M . Lemercier , of Paris , constitute its chief attraction , and not the I more least part beautlful of its and value perfect . Photogravure could liardLy and be conceived colour-printing . — -Illustra are com ted b ned London to produce Hews . illustrations than which anything I I ' It ia so excellent in every way that no praise can go beyond its m \ erirs . As a mere sppcimen of typography and colour- I printing it is rcalJy superb ; in these respects , indeed , it is one of the most perfect works of the kind ever published . The I masterly platea reflect . He tbe is enthusi highest istic credit , but on not the infatuated various , though lithographers infatuatio engaged n ia a ; characteristic and Mr . Audsley of too ' d much letterpress of English is little writing short on of his Japanese facts Bud art ; modest he is learned in his theories but never ; and dull all , for he he writes happily is distinguished unites scholars by ! lip a jvith view a of sftople art as readable sound and style clear ; he as is his careful feeling in for it is strong and unaffected . The result is a contribution to art literaiure of tbe highest iuterfst . ' St . James ' s Gazette . RANDOLPH CALDECOTT : a Personal Memoir of his Early I nearl Art Co y ono -reer . hundred By Henry of which ; Blackburn luive been . hitherto With . unpublished One Hundred . S and quare Sovonty 8 vo . cloth -two extra Illustra , 14 s tion . s , The Memoir has been compiled with tho consent and assistance ) of his representatives . contains Besides numerous the humorous facsimiles sketche of s Caldecott which appear ' s paintings on nearly , modelling every page and of desi this gns Memoir for , decoration the volume hitherto unpublished . ! ono * whose Wo do penci not hesitate l charmed to givo so many a liigh with place its among graceful the Christmas humour . Looks . . . Theso of tho drawings year to tho sire Memoir nothing of Usa Randolph than delightful Caldecott ; , ho various , so genial , and so full of tasto , and , when tho occasion serves , oe a sense of boamy , are they . '—Spectator . 4 Though not ono of . Caldecott ' s " own books , ' Mr . Henry Blackburn's * 'Randolph Caldecott : a Personal Memoir of life his Ijlarly of their Art producer Cmer , " til is l bo within full of , a illustrations fow yeara of from his death the well , that -known it will hand bu , doubl and y contains welcome ro goo hi ! 3 an lrlendd account and of admirers the art ( and who is there belonging to neither class ?) ' — Mounino Poht . of whnch ' A very nre charming hero published ' book ; its for chief the first interest time lies . But in the it has numerous also considerable reproductions lituiur of y Mr attraction . Caldecott . ' s . early .. there sketches ia plenty , man to y intcro 3 tall lovers of Mr . Caldecott ' s genius . The illustrations are produced with remarkable success . ' -The ( x Rathic . * Mr . Henry Blackburn has published a most entertaining book on Randolph Caldecott ; a memoir of the earlier years of of tbe that mirth amiabl bright , of e , coimi gentle auid & gentle e artist , of skill , sp who irit and did . Few humour eo innch men , and have with patience left strength such kindly bo sligh Almost memories t , and overy who among page lms gone has children its ho boon sketch and to among ; a eac re 3 h t m reminds that ? if— one memories ono thinks of of as peaceful beyond , that of others . ' —Daily Njkvvs . 1 This Is a delightf . il a o ' . umo . '—Pall Mall Gazetit .

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