ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
KEISAI MASAYOSHI (1764-1824), Gyokai ryakuga-shiki 'Album of summary sketches of fish and shells', 1 vol. complete, 1 p. inside title page, 30 double-page colour illustrations, 1 p. colophon, signed Keisai hitsu, sealed Shoshin, dated Bunka mizunoto tori (1813), published by Fukusada Tobei, generally good impressions and colour, some stains and tiny smudges, in chitsu; another, inscribed in sumi on the cover Keisai shokunin zukushi, 1 vol. of 3; YAMAGUCHI SOKEN (1759-1818), Soken sansui gafu 'A book of landscape drawings by Soken', 2 vols. complete, Vol. 1, 4 pp. preface, sheets numbered 1-26, Vol. 2, sheets numbered 27-52, last p. colophon dated Bunka 15 (1818), signed Heian Yamaguchi Soken ga, engraver Inoue Jihei, the page with publisher names missing, Vol. 1 with light blue cover, Vol. 2 with slightly darker blue cover; and three others, Kyoka meisho zue illustrated by Yanagawa Shigenobu, Ehon chukyo illustrated by Hokusai and Inaka no tsuki by Bairei (7)
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KEISAI MASAYOSHI (1764-1824), Gyokai ryakuga-shiki 'Album of summary sketches of fish and shells', 1 vol. complete, 1 p. inside title page, 30 double-page colour illustrations, 1 p. colophon, signed Keisai hitsu, sealed Shoshin, dated Bunka mizunoto tori (1813), published by Fukusada Tobei, generally good impressions and colour, some stains and tiny smudges, in chitsu; another, inscribed in sumi on the cover Keisai shokunin zukushi, 1 vol. of 3; YAMAGUCHI SOKEN (1759-1818), Soken sansui gafu 'A book of landscape drawings by Soken', 2 vols. complete, Vol. 1, 4 pp. preface, sheets numbered 1-26, Vol. 2, sheets numbered 27-52, last p. colophon dated Bunka 15 (1818), signed Heian Yamaguchi Soken ga, engraver Inoue Jihei, the page with publisher names missing, Vol. 1 with light blue cover, Vol. 2 with slightly darker blue cover; and three others, Kyoka meisho zue illustrated by Yanagawa Shigenobu, Ehon chukyo illustrated by Hokusai and Inaka no tsuki by Bairei (7)