[FOUJITA]. BOISSIÈRE (Jules) (1863-1897). Propos d'un intoxi - Lot 29

[FOUJITA]. BOISSIÈRE (Jules) (1863-1897). Propos d'un intoxiqué. Watercolors by Foujita. In 1929, Foujita illustrated Jules Boissière's Indochinese and opiate world, one of his most accomplished bibliophilic works. Paris, Javal & Bourdeaux, 1928. In-4 volume (282 x 222 mm). In sheets, original printed cover. Suites in crystal paper and printed cover. 240 pages, 16 plates, 6 suites. Small tear to spine of book cover with central crease to front cover. Cover of suites badly damaged and missing. Without publisher's slipcase. 16 hors texte plates engraved by Gaston Prost after Tsuguharu Foujita and colored with stencils. Limited edition of 97 numbered copies. This is one of 22 of the first edition on Japon Antiquaire, with seven states. Our copy is numbered 16 and includes the definitive state in the book and 6 states (suites), including 3 in color (on Japon impérial, on Japon impérial with remarque and a composite on Annam or Vélin), and three in lithographic line. One color suite is missing. (Carteret Illustrés IV, 77). A good copy of this emblematic work by Foujita.