Full title: Anémonés et fleurs de champs dans un verre a facettes / Bouquet sur fond de dentelle

Kyoto 368.

Adhémar, Jean.

La Gravure sur Cuivre. Estampes gravées par Robert Cami, Rene Cottet, Albert Decaris, Robert Jeannisson, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, and Paul Lemagny.

Angers: Editions Jacques-Petit, 1945.

WITH TWO IMPRESSIONS, IN FIRST AND SECOND STATES, OF ONE OF KIYOSHI HASEGAWA'S MOST IMPORTANT PRINTS.

Etched half-title, 16 pp. plus 12 loose engravings.

A monograph on engraving followed by short biographies of each of the six artists, accompanied by a suite of large engravings by Cami, Cottet, Decaris, Jeannisson, Hasegawa, and Lemagny.

From a total edition of 320 copies, all printed on fine Marais wove paper, this is ONE OF ONLY 60 SETS WITH THE ENGRAVINGS IN TWO STATES: THE FIRST STATE ON RIVES WOVE PAPER, SIGNED IN PENCIL, AND THE SECOND STATE ON MARAIS WOVE PAPER.

Hasegawa's engraving, "Anemones et fleurs de champs dans un verre a facettes" (Kyoto 368, also known as "Bouquet sur fond de dentelle"), is considered one of his masterpieces.

Folio (38 x 28 cm). Loose as issued in the original folding case. Folding case lightly worn and spotted. CONTENTS FINE AND BRIGHT. ALL OF THE PRINTS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION.