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Auction archive: Lot number 654

CHINA - JAPAN -- DENSMORE, M. Les

Auction 16.06.2020
16 Jun 2020 - 17 Jun 2020
Estimate
€300
ca. US$339
Price realised:
€240
ca. US$271
Auction archive: Lot number 654

CHINA - JAPAN -- DENSMORE, M. Les

Auction 16.06.2020
16 Jun 2020 - 17 Jun 2020
Estimate
€300
ca. US$339
Price realised:
€240
ca. US$271
Beschreibung:

CHINA - JAPAN -- DENSMORE, M. Les Estampes érotiques japonaises. Paris, Au Cercle du Livre Précieux, 1961. 44 pp. W. 60 magnificent reproductions of shunga prints, loose under passepartouts, of which 20 in colour. Loose as issued in traditional Japanese box w. 3 'ivory' fasteners. (Box shows some traces of use/has some unobtrusive defects, but a good copy). Limited to an ed. of 600 copies (this copy 'H.C.'), printed on fine laid paper. -- Added: Fr. PONCETTON. Les érotiques japonais. Recueil d'estampes du XVme au XIXme s. tirées des grandes collections parisiennes et précédées d'une étude sur l'art érotique japonais. Paris, Éd. du Siècle, 1925. (12) pp. W. 93 (of 100) reproductions of erotic prints, for a large part in colour. Loose as issued in or. portfol. In (damaged) slipcase. (Lacking unfortunately plates 56-62). Rare, one of the first anthologies of shunga prints. Printed in 225 numb. copies on Madagascar Lafuma. -- (2).

Auction archive: Lot number 654
Auction:
Datum:
16 Jun 2020 - 17 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Burgersdijk & Niermans
Nieuwsteeg 1
2311 RW Leiden
Netherlands
auctions@b-n.nl
+31(0)71 5121067
Beschreibung:

CHINA - JAPAN -- DENSMORE, M. Les Estampes érotiques japonaises. Paris, Au Cercle du Livre Précieux, 1961. 44 pp. W. 60 magnificent reproductions of shunga prints, loose under passepartouts, of which 20 in colour. Loose as issued in traditional Japanese box w. 3 'ivory' fasteners. (Box shows some traces of use/has some unobtrusive defects, but a good copy). Limited to an ed. of 600 copies (this copy 'H.C.'), printed on fine laid paper. -- Added: Fr. PONCETTON. Les érotiques japonais. Recueil d'estampes du XVme au XIXme s. tirées des grandes collections parisiennes et précédées d'une étude sur l'art érotique japonais. Paris, Éd. du Siècle, 1925. (12) pp. W. 93 (of 100) reproductions of erotic prints, for a large part in colour. Loose as issued in or. portfol. In (damaged) slipcase. (Lacking unfortunately plates 56-62). Rare, one of the first anthologies of shunga prints. Printed in 225 numb. copies on Madagascar Lafuma. -- (2).

Auction archive: Lot number 654
Auction:
Datum:
16 Jun 2020 - 17 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Burgersdijk & Niermans
Nieuwsteeg 1
2311 RW Leiden
Netherlands
auctions@b-n.nl
+31(0)71 5121067
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