GUIMET (Émile) - RÉGAMEY (Félix). Japanese... - Lot 50 - Ader

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GUIMET (Émile) - RÉGAMEY (Félix). Japanese... - Lot 50 - Ader
GUIMET (Émile) - RÉGAMEY (Félix). Japanese walks. Drawings from nature by Félix Régamey. - Japanese walks. Tokio-Nikko. Drawings by Félix Régamey. Paris: G. Charpentier, 1878-1880. - 2 volumes in-4, 304 x 225: (2 ff.), pp. (9)-212, 6 plates, illustrated cover; frontispiece, (2 ff.), 288 pp., 9 plates, illustrated cover. Dark blue half-marque at the bradel, double gilt fillet, smooth spine , gilt head , untrimmed, cover preserved (Impr. Libr. réunies )Original edition of this account of a trip to Japan undertaken in 1876 by the Lyon industrialist Émile Guimet (1836-1918 ) in the company of the painter Félix Régamey (1844-1907). The first book recounts the two friends' peregrinations to Yokohama and Kamakura, the second, entitled Tokio-Nikko, is the sequel. This is only the first part of the story of their journey. Volumes III and IV, which were supposed to cover the road to Tokaido and then on to Kyoto and Kobe, never saw the light of day. Both volumes are illustrated with numerous compositions by Félix Régamey, including 6 watercolours reproduced out of text in the first volume and 9 plates of the same in the second. The latter also includes as a frontispiece a colour lithograph of the artist, showing him painting, based on a painting by Kiosay. The off-texts as well as the full-page illustrations of the first volume are under captioned serpents. Numbered copies on paper from Holland, printed for the first volume at 30 copies and 25 for the second. The first one is enriched with a suite on china of the 6 watercolours in colours. Precious copy of the bibliophile Charles Cousin (1822-1894), founder of the Société des Amis des Livres. He had gathered his collections of books and antiques on the 4th floor of the building located at 20 rue de Dunkerque in Paris, which he called the "Grenier", where he welcomed many personalities. Each volume bears his signature on the
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