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"LA FONTAINE (Jean de). A selection of La Fontaine’s fables,…
See original version (French)
109
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"LA FONTAINE (Jean de). A selection of La Fontaine’s fables,…
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
"LA FONTAINE (Jean de). A selection of La Fontaine’s fables, illustrated by a group of Tokyo’s finest artists. Edited by P. Barboutan. Tokyo, Tsukiji-Tokyo Printing Works, Magata, 1894.
2 octavo volumes, paperback; an illustrated edition featuring 28 double-page colour plates by Kyosui Kawanabe, Tomonobu Kano, Shûsui Okakura, Sadahiko Eda and Hanko Kajita.
Presented in a blue half-maroquin slipcase with a band, smooth spine, signed Bichon.
(signs of wear and water stains; reinforced stitching; a corner of paper missing from the last few leaves of the second volume, affecting the text and the engravings)"
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