Philippe Sichel - Notes d'un bibeloteur au Japon - 1883

Notes of a knickknack hunter in Japan by Philippe Sichel.
This historical book, published in Paris in 1883 by the publisher E. Dentu, includes a preface by the renowned writer Edmond de Goncourt.
The text recounts the travels and acquisitions of a Parisian art dealer in Japan from 1874, in the heart of the Japanism wave in Europe.
Original edition with a limited print run.
This book is one of 245 copies printed on Hollande paper, certainly an off-market example reserved for friends, art critics, or journalists.
Condition of the work.
The spine edge has been re-glued and the book shows fragilities in the leaves that tend to detach.
The front board is trimmed at its lower right corner.
The last blank pages have been repaired with tape.
Foxing scattered off the text and the interior is fresh and complete.