With, Karl — Java: Brahmanische, Buddhistische Und Eigenlebige Architektur Und Plastik Auf Java
Hagen I.W. Folkwang Verlag, 1920. First edition. Illustrated paper-covered boards. 168 pp. plates [167 pp]. Illus. with 165 b/w photos and 13 plans. 4to. Karl With (1891-1980) art historian, director of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Koln between 1928 and 1933, later professor at UCLA after he fled the Nazis. "At a time when European universities and art museums were almost totally preoccupied with western art, Karl With opened up new avenues for scholarship in the art of the Far East.. In the 1920s he published a number of pioneering works on Far Eastern art and culture," (E. Maurice Bloch UCLA). Spine darkened, corners worn, a few small paper tears along the top front hinge, leaves crisp, plates bright, overall a very good copy.
