Felicien Champsaur — Poupee Japonaise

Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1912. Leather. A colourfully illustrated French novel on Japanese culture and manners, a lovely work by Felicien Champsaur. In the original French.Original front wrap is bound in.A charming novel of Japanese manners, with hints of eroticism.Illustrated with thirty-two colour plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.By Felicien Champsaur.Illustrated by Hanafusa Ittcho and Haru Kawa.The sixth thousand, published in the same year as the first edition. In a quarter morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the boards and spine. A few light marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and clean. Small closed tear to the head of the front wrap, the wrap working loose a little. Plates between pages 6 and 11 are detached but present. Chip to the plate facing page 36, not affecting image but affecting the caption a little. A little edge wear to a few plates. Very Good . Ill.: Hanafusa Ittcho; Haru Kawa. Very Good .