FLORIAN (Jean Pierre CLARIS de) - Lot 251

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FLORIAN (Jean Pierre CLARIS de) - Lot 251
FLORIAN (Jean Pierre CLARIS de) Fables choisies illustrées par des Artistes Japonais sous la Direction de P. Barboutau Tokio. Paris, Marpon & Flammarion (1895). 2 volumes in-8; 28 double-page illustrations in color print, black illustrations in the text. Bound in Japanese style (leaves joined by ties), in ½ red chagrin cases of the period, title and tomaisons gilt on spine. Nice copy. The artists of this remarkable publication deserve to be named: Ka-no Tomo-nobou, Kadji-Ta Han-Ko and Kou-bo-ta Tô-soui. The engraving and the printing are due to the section of the Shueisha Company named Seiboundô. There is a counterpart, although of a different format, of these Florian fables illustrated in print by Japanese artists: those of La Fontaine published in 1894 (Carteret V 79).
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