Live auction - Lot 753
[Ehon - Meji]
Ehon Jûrokushu [Collection of 16 Picture Books]a nthology of early Edo: 3 books.
Hammer price: €
150
€ 160 / 200
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Lot description
3 (of 4) vol.: 313, 341, 372 pp. with b/w woodblock print ill., some colour, 27,3 x 18,7 cm (impressions with good and sharp outlines).
Four hole Japanese binding (foxing on covers).
Collected reprints of 18th- and 19th-century Japanese picture-books, like the very humoristic "Ehon Kyôka Waraidake", illustrated by Matsukawa Hanzan. Some missing title and/or imprint information.
Ref. Ritsumeikan database MM0116, National Library of Australia 6613080.