Friedrich Heinrich Karl de La Motte FOUQUÉ

Illustrated edition with 15 color plates by Arthur Rackham, including a frontispiece, as well as black and white drawings in the text.
Publisher's full blue paper boards, smooth spine faded and decorated with gilt animal motifs, front cover faded and stamped in the center with a gilt illustration, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns with worming, top edge blue and faded.
A small tear without loss at the foot of page 45, not touching the text.

New edition of the French translation illustrated with 18 original lithographs by Valentine Hugo, one of the 10 numbered copies of Japan, drawing of the head.
Our copy, as it is stipulated in the justification of the draw, is complete, like all the copies on Japan, of the original sketch of Valentine Hugo which she signed.
Our copy is unfortunately incomplete from the continuation of the 18 engravings.
spine slightly insolated, flat marginally shaded, pleasant interior state.