Ehon michi no tebiki 画本道のてびき Guide to the Way of Picture Books

by Tōkei 丹羽桃渓 Niwa, Shōhō 菅松峰 Suga, illustrators, Hitoku

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First edition

Title in Vol. 1 & frontis. in Vol. 2 printed in color. 55 double-page woodcut illus. 29.5; 29.5 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, title-slips, new stitching. Osaka, Edo, & Kyoto: Yamatoya Shirōsaburō 大和屋四郎三郎 et al., 1823. First edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to making ehon 画本, or picture books. It is rare, especially outside Japan, and no copy is found in WorldCat. The work opens onto early

• Binding: Wrappers

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