Japanese.- Florian (Jean-Pierre Claris de) Fables Choisies...illustrées par des Artistes Japonais, 2 vol., number 97 of 200 de luxe copies on Japanese Ho-sho paper, colour woodblock illustrations by Kadji-ta Han-ko, Kawa-nabe Kiyo-soui, Oka-koura Shiou-soui, Kano Tomo-nobou, tissue guards with occasional foxing, original pictorial wrappers fastened with silk cords in Japanese style, lower wrappers very slightly soiled, preserved in modern box covered in Japanese paper with two compartments, 4to (box oblong folio), Paris, Marpon & Flammarion, [1895].
⁂ A charmingly illustrated work that includes a number of anthropomorphised animals engaged in activities such as a cat fixing her makeup, and a monkey operating a magic lantern to a spectating group of animals dressed in kimonos.
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