Author: Barboutau, Pierre.
Title: Biographies des artistes Japonais dont les oeuvres figurent dans la Collection Pierre Barboutau. I. Peintures. II. Estampes et objets d'art. [TWO VOLUMES].
Description: Amsterdam, De Vries, 1905. Soft cover. Two volumes. Royal quarto. Pp. xv, 84; 88, (6). Plus leaves of plates, some double-page, with numerous finely printed collotypes. Each leaf of plate with a semitransparent overlay, printed in red with identifying numbers. Title-page of each volume printed and decorated in black and orange-brown; half-title leaves present. Original plain wrappers with olive-green floral patterned dust-jackets, volume I printed in purple; in one volume one gathering is loose, apparently due to error in binding; entry from previous auction catalogue pasted onto top of half-title. In fine condition. Excellent set, very well preserved, practically all plates in mint condition. ~ First edition. Copy number 774 of 1000. _O-7 .

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