FLORIAN Jean-Pierre Claris de. Fables choisies, illustrées par des artistes japonais... Tokyo and Paris, Marpon et Flammarion, [1896]; 2 vol. in-8 sewn in Japanese style, soft bound in japonisant polychrome leather, smooth spine with red title and tomaison, illustrated covers in colour preserved (Louis Guétant). A beautiful and famous edition reflecting the Japonisme fashioned by the Goncourt brothers. The fables are illustrated with 30 double-page colour compositions, including those on the covers, and numerous drawings in the text by three Japanese artists: Kano Tamonobu, KajitaHanko and Kubota Tosui. "These illustrations truly represent scenes of Japanese life as if the fabulist, instead of being French, had been Japanese" (Introduction). - Japanese crepe paper. Interesting supple binding in "japonisant" Cordoue leather, perfectly suited to the book. - PHP stamp.