[Japan] Fables Choisies de J.-P. Claris de Florian.

Illustrées par des artistes Japonais sous la direction de P. Barboutau. Tokio. (Première) - Deuxième série. Paris, Marpon & Flammarion/ E. Flammarion succr., Meiji 27/28 (1894/1895), 2 volumes, both with 18,(1) letterpress text pages with monochrome woodcut borders and vignettes, and both with 14 full-page colour woodcuts, original uniform wrapper with various colour woodcuts on front cover, cordbound as blockbooks, oblong folio, together in modern cloth dropback box with morocco letterpiece on spine.

Both volumes several leaves opened along outer margins; both volumes here and there with minor defects (e.g. light foxing), yet considering the fragility of the paper very good copies.