Hard covered book titled THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE EAST China  by Rene Grousset. Translated from the French for the first time by Catherine Phillips,  Volume III with 280 Illustrations, 1967, Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 363 pages.

Topics include:

• FORMATION OF THE CHINESE AESTHETIC IDEAL
• BUDDHIST INFLUENCE IN CHINA
• DEFINITIVE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHINESE CANON ART
• THE PERIOD OF DILETTANTISM AND ACADEMIC ART
• ARCHAIC BRONZES
• HAN CERAMICS
• GRECO-ROMAN INFLUENCE
• SUNG PAINTING

This former library is in VG condition,  pages clean and intact, and the binding is tight.  Has pocket and stamps, which have been blacked out on  page edges, inside cover and  end pages by a previous owner.