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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

La Fontaine (Japan)

CHOIX DE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE

Published: Tokyo, 1904

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Illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio, sous the direction de P. Barboutau

2 volumes: Tome Premier & Tome Second, double-page coloured woodblock prints with text interspersed, bound in the Japanese style and tied with silk thread, illustrated by Kawa-nabé Kiyo-soui, Kaji-ta Han-ko, Kanô Tomo-nobu, Oka-koura Shiou-Soui, Kagja-ta Han-ko & Eda Sada-shiko, under the direction of Pierre Barboutau.

Original printed paper wrappers foxed and soiled, stamped E. Flammarion, Éditeur at the bottom of both covers.

Published in an edition of 350 copies.

'Le texte de ces 350 exemplaires a dû être imprimé sur papier, Hô-sho, le Tori-no-ko étant trop épais pour être plié. Le papier japonais, à cause de sa composition, ne peut être imprimé que d'un côté.'

Tokio, Imrimerie de Tsoukidji-Tokio, S. Maganta, Directeur

  • Size: 4to (250 x 185 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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