HOKUSAÏ KATSUSHIKA - Hokusaï Manga vol. 9. Edo [Tokyo], Hana - Lot 252

HOKUSAÏ KATSUSHIKA - Hokusaï Manga vol. 9. Edo [Tokyo], Hanabusaya Heikichi, 1819 (23x16cm). Sewn. Grey cover with title label. Rare edition, which can be translated as Croquis de Hokusaï, volume 9. 15 volumes actually appeared covering Hokusaï's work. The first was published in 1815 and the last posthumously in 1878. The final volume is considered apocryphal by some art historians. It contains 34 subjects, most on double-page spreads in black, gray and flesh. It's essential to add that we can't determine whether this is the first or a later print run, because on this subject there was no difference for the Japanese, and the publisher reprinted volumes as needed, the notion of a first print run being irrelevant to the Japanese book. It is known, however, that the publisher produced print runs of this book between 1819 and 1878. Boards somewhat faded. GOOD CONDITION.