Ventes live - Lot 716
Pissarro's masterpiece in response to Japanese influence
[Eragny Press]
Album de poèmes tirés du Livre de Jade.
London, The Eragny Press, 1911
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Description du lot
8vo.
Publ. soft green leather bound in Japanese style being tied with brown silk cord, with gilt decor. and title on front board.
Limited edition to 130 copies. 1/115 on Japan vellum (n. 74). Printed in Brook type within horizontal and vertical red rules. One of the finest books illustrated by Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944). With 7 five-block colour wood-engraved ill., one three-block colour tailpiece, one initial, 9 ornaments and tailpieces and pressmark by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Lucien and Esther Pissarro, printed in colours and heightened with gold. Preface written by Diana White (1868-1950), artist and translator, friend of Esther and Lucien. This copy without subscriber's name.
Ref. Genz, M.D. - A history of the Eragny Press 1894-1914, pp. 224-226. - Ransom (Eragny Press) 29. - Tomkinson (Eragny Press) 30.