FOUJITA - VILLEFOSSE, Heron de. The Enchanted River. Paris, Bernard Klein 1951. 1 volume in 4 in false sheets under cover, folder and case, with original etchings original etchings by Tsuguharu FOUJITA (1886-1968). Our lot is one of the 25 first copies on Japon paper, with a suite on Chine, an original copperplate, and an original original composition signed by Foujita. Rare are the books that are so enthusiastically received by bibliophiles when they are sold at auction. auction. The Enchanted River by Foujita is indeed particularly sought after, a true condensation of the talent of the most French of Japanese masters in his quality of of the most French of the Japanese masters in his capacity as an aquafortist. This story of a stroll along the Seine River through the most the most beautiful districts of the capital is in fact the third part of a larger set written by René Héron de Villefosse and dedicated to Paris, whose first two parts were illustrated by no less famous artists: Utrillo and Vlaminck. Foujita puts at the service of this poetic story his fine and elegant line through a set of 28 etchings of which the original version was published in only 315 copies.