Anderson, William The Pictorial Arts of Japan. With a brief historical sketch of the associated arts, and some remarks upon the pictorial art of the Chinese and Koreans. London Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1886
First edition, folio, pp.xix, 276, 80 plates, 146 text illustrations. This book weighs 10 kg when packed and may incur additional postage. A very good copy in original decorated cloth, morocco spine, all edges gilt. Minor rubbing to spine. Occasional light foxing. Bookplate of Oswald Lewis.

William Anderson (1842-1900), Scottish surgeon, was Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the Imperial Naval Medical College in Tokyo from 1873 to 1880. While there he collected more than 2000 Japanese and Chinese paintings which he sold to the British Museum on his return in 1881. He also donated his extensive collection of Japanese illustrated wood-block books.