47. Gonse (Louis) L’Art Japonais, 2 vol., limited edition, pictorial titles, plates, some chromolithographed, etched or photogravure, a few heightened with gilt, tissue guards, with 33 photogravure plates in two states, one before letters , numerous illustrations, occasional foxing, mostly to tissue guards, bookplate of Alfred Alphandery on front paste-downs, original pictorial pale yellow silk blocked in red, black and orange, corners a little bumped, lower cover of vol.1 slightly browned, spines a little worn at foot, with the original pictorial dust-jackets, a little rubbed and frayed at edges, Paris, 1883; with the original prospectus containing one colour plate, loose in original wrappers, 4to (3)
est. £400 – £600
First major work on Japanese art published in Europe and very influential on the development of ‘Japonisme’ in Western art.