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Item
4238
Eishi, Hosei 
Eishi gahen chukan zuroku
Not known, Not known   c1780-1790 
39pp; Illus; 22x34cm   Japanese   Accordion book with wood covers

Woodblock printed album with 41 illustrations comprising 34 double- and seven single-page designs from a book which has been cut and pasted on to both sides of this accordion book, with handwritten titles in French. There is some staining on the original sheets, the accordion book itself being in good condition. Taken from the middle volume of a set. Provenance Emile Deshayes and Max Salomon