Poèmes de la libellule

GAUTIER Judith (translated from the Japanese after the literal version of) SAIONJI Kinmochi & illustrated by YAMAMOTO Hosui. Poèmes de la libellule [Poems of the Dragonfly]
Imprimerie Gillot, n. p. (Paris) n. d. [1885], 24,5 x 32 cm, binding
First edition of the French translation by Judith Gautier, for which no grand papier (deluxe) copies were printed.
Volume fully illustrated with full-page color wood engravings of Yamamoto.
Binding in almond-green half box, paper boards with geometrical and floral patterns of Japanese inspiration, almond-green box spine, preserved covers with small stains, elegant binding by Boichot.
Rare.