KUNISADA. Bijin-ga. Courtesan with toothpick.
Colored woodcut. 175x115 mm. Excel…

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KUNISADA. Bijin-ga. Courtesan with toothpick. Colored woodcut. 175x115 mm. Excellent impression with metallic pigments, silver and gold, and blind printing (white collar, nasal bone), backed, moisture stains. Glued on cardboard. (356) Breast portrait of a courtesan with toothpick, behind the portrait monstrous fish in rushing tides. Emerging from the fold of the kimono is a roll of paper, an obvious allusion to Murasaki Shibuku, author of the Genji Monogatari, of which Kunisada illustrated a famous parody, the novel "Nise Murasaki inaka Genji," published serially from 1829 to 1842.Bijin-ga (beautiful person picture) is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women (bijin) in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre.

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KUNISADA. Bijin-ga. Courtesan with toothpick.

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Estim. 150 - 300 EUR

UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III): A GROUP OF THREE WOODBLOCK PRINTS DEPICTING BIJIN UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III): A GROUP OF THREE WOODBLOCK PRINTS DEPICTING BIJIN Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864) Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Color woodblock prints on paper. Vertical oban. 1. Signed Toyokuni ga. Titled Actor Ichikawa Shinsha I as Kokonoe of the Miuraya, from the series Imayo oshi-e kagami (Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style). SIZE of the sheet 37.1 x 25.3 cm 2. Signed Toyokuni ga. Titled Shamisen-bori (Shamisen Canal), from the series Edo meisho hyakunin bijo (One Hundred Beautiful Women at Famous Places in Edo). SIZE of the sheet 35.1 x 25.3 cm 3. Signed Ichiyosai Tokuni ga with seal. Titled Bishamon, from the series Haikai Shichifukujin no uchi (Haikai Poems for the Seven Gods of Good Fortune). This painting portrays Bishamonten (also known as Varisravana), one of the seven lucky gods, as a beautiful woman. A pagoda which the god carries in his hand is painted on the woman’s kimono, and the woven pattern of the kimono and the pattern on the flowerpot containing a gourd. SIZE of the sheet 36.6 x 25.8 cm Condition: Very good condition with wear and browning of paper. Good impression and colors. Some stains, few wormholes, minor losses, and trimmed margins. One sheet gently mounted on a paper passepartout. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world’s leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts. Museum comparison: Compare a closely related print of Actor Ichikawa Shinsha I, in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 00.804. Compare a closely related print of Shamisen Canal, in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 11.29987. Compare a closely related print of Bishamon, with similar seals, in the collection of the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama, number E-011.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

BONIOLI, Camillo. Medico-surgical dissertation concerning the disease of an arm and hand naturally dissected in the guise of a mummy. Reprinted in Vicenza, for Carlo Bressan, 1768. 4to, 220x165 mm. Binding in decorated hardback. Xyl frieze on front cover. The frontispiece bears the inscription: Venezia, 1767. Presso Pietro Savioni. Xyl initials and friezes. XXIV pp. Nice marginal copy. Bound with: FARINONI, Antonio. Anti-Dissertation appologetico-critica sopra la Dissertazione medico-chirurgica del signor Camillo Bonioli. Vicenza, Carlo Bressan, 1768 Pp. XXX, 2 (including paper of the Reformers). Xyl frieze on front cover. Initials and friezes xyl. Interesting medical dissertation by Camillo Bonioli, pupil of G.B. Morgagni and one of the eminent figures of 18th-century Italian surgery, who operated in the hospital of Vicenza. This brief writing, falls within his brief activity as a scientific popularizer, as these publications, in his opinion, ruined the progress of science. Also within the volume is a critical dissertation by Antonio Farinoni on Bonioli's work. 4to, 220x165 mm. Decorated cardboard binding. Woodcut vignette on titlepage. On titlepage: Venice, 1767. Presso Pietro Savioni. Woodcut initials and endpieces. Pp. XXIV. Nice specimen with wide margins. Bound with: FARINONI, Antonio. Anti-Dissertation appologetico-critica sopra la Dissertazione medico-chirurgica del signor Camillo Bonioli. Vicenza, Carlo Bressan, 1768 Pp. XXX, 2. Woodcut vignette on titlepage. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Interesting medical dissertation by Camillo Bonioli, a pupil of G.B. Morgagni is one of the eminent figures of Italian surgery of the eighteenth century, who operated in the hospital of Vicenza. This short piece is part of his brief activity as a scientific popularizer, as these publications, in his opinion, ruined the progress of science. The volume also includes a critical dissertation by Antonio Farinoni on Bonioli's work.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

[COLBERT, Jean-Baptiste.] Edit du Roy, Portant creation de Jurez Criers d'Enterremens dans les Villes & Bourgs du Royaume. Verifie en Parlement le 14 Fevrier 1690. Orleans, Jean Borde, 1690 4to. 240x190 mm. 4 pages. Large woodcut reproducing the Seal of the King, with the three Lilies of France surmounted by the Crown. Uniform browning due to the quality of the paper. Very rare flyleaf. The Edict, wanted by Colbert, establishes in all the cities of the Kingdom a hereditary 'Office' of officials who are to be in charge of the Funerals and Obsequies, and to whom special privileges will be due. 4to. 240x190 mm. Pp. 4. Large woodcut representing the King Seal, with the three lilies of France surmounted by the Crown. Spread browning due to the quality of paper. Very rare flyleaf. The Edict, wanted by Colbert, establishes in all the cities of the Kingdom a hereditary 'Office' of officials who will have to deal with the Funerals and funerals, who will be entitled to special privileges.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Napoleon Bonaparte. Bulletin des Lois de la Republique No. 219. Paris, Imprimerie de la Republique, 1802. 8vo. 198x125 mm. Pp. 815-817, 1 blank. Allegorical headpiece with title, at end octagonal seal with Table of Laws, engraved in xyl. Good copy. - N. 2001. Arrete portant defens aux Noirs, Mulatres et autre gens de couleur, d'entrer sans autorisation sur le territoire continental de la Republique. Du 13 Messidor An X de la Republique une et indivisible. [July 2]- No. 2002. Arrete relatif aux Fermes d'habitations, maisons et magasins a Saint-Domingue et a la Guadeloupe. Du 16 Fructidor. [September 3] Reinforcement of Napoleon's slave policy. This law, dated July 2, 1802, when Napoleon was First Consul, prohibits 'Noirs, Mulatres et autre gens de couleur' from entering the mainland territory of France without authorization. Complementary measure to the May 20 law restoring slavery in the Colonies. 8vo. 198x125 mm. Pp. 815-817, 1 blank. Woodcut allegorical headpiece with title, at the end woodcut octagonal seal with the Law Plate. Good copy. Strengthening of Napoleon's slave policy. This law, dated July 2, 1802, when Napoleon was First Consul, forbids the 'Noirs, Mulatres et autre gens de couleur' to enter the French mainland without authorization. Complementary measure to the law of May 20 which restores slavery in the Colonies.

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