Lot n° 247
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300 - 500
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LA FONTAINE (Jean de) - Lot 247
LA FONTAINE (Jean de)
A selection of La Fontaine's fables illustrated by a group of Tokio's finest artists. Under the direction of P. Barboutan. Tokio, Tsoukidji-Tokio printing house, Magata, 1894.
2 volumes in-4; illustrated with 28 superb double-page color-engraved compositions by five Japanese painters: Kyosui Kawanabe, daughter of the famous painter Kyosai Kawanabe - Tomonobu Kano, last great master of the Kano family - Shûsui Okakura - Sadahiko Eda and Hanko Kajita.
½ red contemporary filleted chagrin, ornate ribbed spine, gilt heads.
A famous and curious edition printed in Tokyo for Flammarion and published by Pierre Barboutau.
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