Le Japon artistique [Artistic Japan]
Documents d'Art et d'Industrie collated by S. BingImprimerie Gillot, Paris 1888-1890, 25,5 x 33 cm, publisher's binding
First edition, complete with the 36 issues that were published monthly during the course of three years. More than 300 illustrations (plate illustrations in black and color, and in-text drawings in black).
Bound in publisher's green boards, plates decorated in adhesive paper illustrations. Bindings slightly discolored but nevertheless still beautiful.
Fresh interior.
With contributions from Théodore Duret, Edmond de Goncourt, Hayashi, Louis Gonse, Burthy, etc,
this exceptional ensemble was one of the main vehicles for the dissemination of Japonism in France.