Friends Bibliophiles hello
March 8, 1854, Japan and the U.S. sign the Treaty of Kanagawa Treaty allowing commercial vessels U.S. entering Japanese ports. Doctobre month, the English sign a treaty to turn for only the ports of Nagasaki and Hakodate. These are the first signs of opening Japan will soon end the feudal system.
event of global importance will allow the West to discover a totally new culture: art prints and invaded France and provoke enthusiasm French. This enthusiasm is shared by bibliophiles who discover both a new type of books, and see this Japanese-style Japanese or a new way of decorated their books.
It seems that in 1885, following an exhibition of Japanese prints and drawings that the bibliophile Edmond de Goncourt, seduced by the "originality of design spinning" of Hokusai, decides to His works cover sets japanizing (flowers, insects, leaves, or scenes of daily life on the island of the rising sun, etc.).. They will be quickly imitated by other bibliophiles.
Some of these specific bindings were received. Few are signed, but you may find the brand of bookbinders of the period, as Pierson Guellier or Carayon.
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