1359 - 1565: La Fontaine, J. de.

77 1468 La Fontaine J de

77/1468 La Fontaine, J. de. Choix de fables. Illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio. Sous la direction de P. Barboutau. Tokyo, Tsoukidji (S. Magata), 1894, 2 vols., no pagination, 14/ 14 double-p. col. woodcut ills. by KADJI-TA HAN-KO, OKA-KOURA, SHIOU-SOUI, KAWA-NABE KIYO-SOUI, KANÓ TOMA-NOBOU, EDA SADA-SHIKO, woodcut textills. and vignettes, printed on Japanese crêpe-paper, bound as a blockbook, orig. unif. wr., sm. 4to.

- Both vols. bookplate mounted on verso frontwr. Otherwise fine.

= Bassy, Les fables de La Fontaine - Quatre siècles d'illustration 50: "Édition particulièrement originale (...)"; Carteret IV, p.228: "Intéressante publication Japonaise estimée (...)". Rare. With stamp "E. Flammarion Éditeur" on both frontwrappers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XL.

AND 1 other similar: DER SPIEGEL ZU MATSUYAMA (ibid., idem, ±1900, col. woodcut ills., printed on Japanese crêpe-paper, bound as blockbook, orig. wr., sm. 8vo. Wrappers foxed and dog-eared).

€ (250-350) 275