Louis GONSE (HOKUSAI)
L'art japonais[Japanese Art]
A. Quantin|Paris 1883|28.8 x 36.6 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 1,400 numbered copies, only issue.
Outstanding publisher’s cream silk Bradel binding signed by Engel at the foot of the spine, flat spine decorated with Japanese characters; upper boards in excellent condition, elaborately decorated with a reproduction of Shinman’s starlings against a setting sun from the Henri Cernuschi collection (also illustrated pl. 26, vol. 1); corners slightly rubbed; both volumes complete with their illustrated dust jackets, showing tears and some losses.
€1,800