LOTI (Pierre)

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LOTI (Pierre)
Autumn japaneries. Paris, Calmann Lévy, former Maison Michel Lévy frères, 1889. In-8, 2 ff.n.ch., 356 pp. and 1 f.n.ch.: bradel cold-embossed Japanese fawn leather paper, smooth spine with gilt title, edges trimmed, cover (contemporary binding). Original edition. Japoneries d'automne, second part of the Japanese trilogy, gathers travel impressions gathered by the author during his second stay, from September to November 1885: description of Kyoto, Yeddo, the holy mountain of Nikko, stories of samurai, etc. The book is bound in a charming binding with a Japanese-style decoration of plants, flowers (including chrysanthemums) and insects, a particularly attractive condition for this Loti title. The bookbinder has cold-stamped his name at the top of a guard: unfortunately his name has been erased and we can only guess the last letters of the mention which indicates that this practitioner practiced in Montpellier. Japanese bookbindings appeared in the early 1870s. Several bibliophiles began to cover books with Japanese leather paper, starting with Edmond de Goncourt who is said to have launched the fashion. Octave Uzanne echoed this in La Reliure moderne, artistique et fantaisiste, 1887, pp. 260-261. Tearing without lack pp. 7-8. Small smears on the binding.
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