Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan, 2006, HC, NF, w/DJ.
Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan, 2006, HC, NF, w/DJ.
Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan, 2006, HC, NF, w/DJ.
Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan, 2006, HC, NF, w/DJ.

Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan, 2006, HC, NF, w/DJ.

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Keyes, Roger S. New York: The New York Public Library, 2006. 
English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12 1/4" x 9 1/4", 320 pp.
ISBN: 9780295986241

Hardcover in red cloth, Near Fine pictorial dust jacket. 320 pp. Includes 250 full-color images. Study of 70 select works of the traditional Japanese craft Ehon (or "picture books"), many of which include artwork and text written in calligraphy to detail the evolution of this art form over time. Beautifully produced source dedicated to Japan's 1,350-year-old tradition, largely drawing its vast inventory from the Spencer Collection of The New York Public Library.