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2 volumes. Profusely illustrated with full color and half-tone plates. (Folio), cloth backed decorative boards, printed cover labels. Each one of 1000 copies. First Editions. Includes:

• Japanese Prints of the Primitive Period in the Collection of Louis V. Ledoux. With 20 plates in full color and 30 in half tone. New York: E. Weyhe, 1942.
• Japanese Prints Sharaku to Toyokuni in the Collection of Louis V. Ledoux. With 16 plates in color and 45 in half tone. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1950 .

Scarce catalogues of Ledoux's famous collection. Each volume includes biographical information on artists. Print descriptions include subject references to legends, literature, politics, and social customs. Also includes physical and technical descriptions of prints and translations of poems found on prints