Jean de LA FONTAINE
Fables choisies (ou) Choix de fables de La Fontaine illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio, sous la direction de P. Barboutau
Imprimerie de Tsoukidji-Tokio • [ Tôkyô Tsukiji kappan seizôsho] • pour E. Flammarion|Tokyo 1894|19.50 x 24.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en 1 volume
LA FONTAINE Jean de Fables choisies (ou) Choix de fables de La Fontaine illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio, sous la direction de P. Barboutau
First edition of this renowned work with 28 double-page hors-texte prints in colors by Kajita Hanko, Kano Tomonobu, Okakura Shusui, Kawanabe Kyosui and Eda Mahiko, as well as numerous black and white vignettes to text. One of 350 copies on Hô-scho paper, this not numbered.
Contemporary marocco-effect shagreen, spine decorated with gilt bamboo frames, lanterns, a butterfly and crane, upper cover with large, leather plaque ruled in colors and heightened in gold showing a pheasant within a mass of vegetation, top edge
First edition of this renowned work with 28 double-page hors-texte prints in colors by Kajita Hanko, Kano Tomonobu, Okakura Shusui, Kawanabe Kyosui and Eda Mahiko, as well as numerous black and white vignettes to text. One of 350 copies on Hô-scho paper, this not numbered.
Contemporary marocco-effect shagreen, spine decorated with gilt bamboo frames, lanterns, a butterfly and crane, upper cover with large, leather plaque ruled in colors and heightened in gold showing a pheasant within a mass of vegetation, top edge
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