Siegfried BING

First edition, with the complete 36 monthly issues which ran for three years. Over 300 full-page illustrations in black and in color, with illustrated drawings in black in the text.
Publisher's 3/4 grey cloth, smooth spines, upper boards decorated with Japanese prints - volume II depicting Mount Fuji, bindings slightly faded and rubbed although not heavily soiled.
Very good interior condition.
Exceptional set with contributions by Théodore Duret, Edmond de Goncourt, Hayashi, Louis Gonse, Burthy, etc., instrumental in the dissemination of Japonism in France.

Le Japon artistique [Artistic Japan]
Documents d'Art et d'Industrie collated by S. BingFirst edition, complete with the 36 issues that were published monthly during the course of three years. More than 300 illustrations (plate illustrations in black and color, and in-text drawings in black).
Bound in publisher's green boards, plates decorated in adhesive paper illustrations. Bindings slightly discolored but nevertheless still beautiful.
Fresh interior.
With contributions from Théodore Duret, Edmond de Goncourt, Hayashi, Louis Gonse, Burthy, etc, this exceptional ensemble was one of the main vehicles for the dissemination of Japonism in France.