Item #10058 JAPANESE PRINTS OF THE PRIMITIVE PERIOD IN THE COLLECTION OF LOUIS V. LEDOUX...(5 Volumes). Louis V. Ledoux.

JAPANESE PRINTS OF THE PRIMITIVE PERIOD IN THE COLLECTION OF LOUIS V. LEDOUX...(5 Volumes). Catalogue by the Owner, Volume I : The Primitives. Vol II; Harunobu and Shunsho. Volume III: Buncho to Utamaro. Volume IV: Sharaku to Toyokuni. Volume V: Hokusai & Hiroshige.

New York / Princeton: E. Weyhe/ Princeton University Press, 1942-51.

First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine to Very Good. Item #10058

Folio. Unpaginated. Nicely printed in black and red. Each volume contains biographical information about the artists and a bibliography of books and catalogues mentioned in the text. All are decorated paper over boards, of various colors with cloth spines and mounted title label. PRIMITIVE PERIOD: 1942. Limited to 1000 copies. 50 prints illustrated, twenty in color and thirty in half-tone. Includes glossary. Three of four corners are bumped, one corner is rubbed. HANUROBU AND SHUNSHO: 1945. Limited to 400 copies. Eight plates in color and forty-four in half-tone. Bump to bottom corner, mildly effecting a few pages. Small ink mark on title-page. BUNCHO TO UTAMARO: 1948. Limited to 400 copies. Twenty plates in color, thirty in half-tone. Light bump to one rear corner. SHARUKU TO TOYOKUNI: 1950. Limited to 1000 copies. Sixteen plates in color and forty-five in half-tone. HOKUSAI AND HIROSHIGE: 1951. Limited to 1000 copies. Eight plates in color and forty-four in half-tone. Very mild bumps to two corners and spine corner. A very nice clean set. Multiply volumes will probably require extra shipping.

Price: $750.00

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