1968 — Wang Wei, the Painter-Poet, by Lewis Calvin and Dorothy Brush Walmsley

Wang Wei, the Painter-Poet, by Lewis Calvin and Dorothy Brush Walmsley. First edition, published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont, in 1968. This well-illustrated study examines the life, poetry, and artistic legacy of Wang Wei, the celebrated Tang-dynasty Chinese poet and painter whose work had a profound influence on the development of Chinese landscape painting. The volume contains 182 pages with numerous black-and-white illustrations, including reproductions relating to Wang Wei and Chinese landscape art. Bound in black cloth hardcover with gilt decoration and lettering. This copy is in good to very good condition, with clean contents and a solid binding; lacking the original dust jacket.