KATSURA IMPERIAL VILLA

First paperback edition in English. Publisher's original card covers with flaps. Illustrated in colour throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. From the collection a Phaidon rep, later director of sales.

A detailed history of Katsura, the 17th century Imperial Palace in Kyoto, as interpreted by five world-renowned architects, with newly commissioned photographs, detailed drawings, archival material and historical analysis.