JAPANESE PRINTS...IN THE COLLECTION OF LOUIS V. LEDOUX

1942. (JAPANESE ART). JAPANESE PRINTS...IN THE COLLECTION OF LOUIS V. LEDOUX. 4 vols., of 5 issued. Vols 1 and 3, The Primitives and Buncho to Utamaro; New York: E. Weyhe, 1942 and 1948. Vols. 4 and 5, Sharaku to Toyokuni and Hokusai and Hiroshige; Princeton University Press, 1950 and 1951. Lacking vol.2, Harunobo to Shunsho. Each vol. first edition, one of one thousand copies. Folio, decorated paper-covered boards backed in tan cloth, spine in gilt. Illustrated throughout with 64 full-colour plates, 158 plates in monochrome. A near fine set that shows only light rubbing at the extremities and some bumping and wear at the corners.