P., Editions Henry-Parville, 1927, 1 vol. in-4° (237 x 185 mm) bound in ½ green morocco with corners, spine with 4 double raised bands, author, fleuron, title and date on the foot in gilt, cold fillets extending the bands and bordering the covers, gilded head, covers preserved (not the spine), of (2) ff. (1 bl. and half-title) - 188 pp. (title included) - (2) ff. (1 bl. and proof).
Exposed spine and small rubbing in the binding, very beautiful copy
Illustrated with watercolors by Foujita (9 inserts included in the pagination including 1 in the frontispiece and 5 different ends used several times), colored stencilled.
Edition of 296 copies, including XX HC, here, 1 of 30 on Hollande Van Gelder (No. 36) containing an original drawing by Foujita and a series of color engravings, after a single copy on old Japan and 10 Japan, The drawing original (75 x 80 mm) is at the bottom of the half-title page, it represents a very beautiful profile of a woman in black ink, signed in Japanese and French.
Very rare in large paper.
Ref. library. : Carteret, IV-83: "Researched edition" - Buisson, "Foujita", vol. 2, ref. 27.162.