Émile Guimet / Félix Régamey - Promenades Japonaises - 1878

Fascinating illustrated edition with drawings from nature, six of which are reproduced in color by Félix Régamey - This book constitutes a particularly interesting testament to the discovery of Japanese society by two French travelers at a time when the archipelago, long relatively closed to foreign influences, was gradually opening to the Western world under the impulse of political and economic transformations of the Meiji era, begun in 1868 - The narrative is set in the context of the development of Japonism in Europe, an artistic and cultural movement that sparked growing interest in the arts, traditions, landscapes and ways of life of Japan - Émile Guimet / Félix Régamey - Promenades Japonaises - 1878 - G. Charpentier - 212 Pages. Good condition of the binding, the work in its red half-leather with corners of origin, marbled boards, wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, worn corners, rubbed edges, speckled edges, spine with raised bands, gilded lettering and author name, gilt fillets on the boards - Good interior condition, some stains, two gatherings detached at the end of the book, title page printed in red and black and adorned with a fine engraving, the work enriched with drawings from nature including six aquarelles reproduced in color by Félix Régamey, marbled endpapers in good condition, a pleasant copy - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days -

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