[Joseph Ernest de BECKER ]- The Nightless... - Lot 444 - Morel de Westgaver

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[Joseph Ernest de BECKER ]- The Nightless... - Lot 444 - Morel de Westgaver
[Joseph Ernest de BECKER ]- The Nightless City or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku, by an English Student of Sociology. Yokohama, Z.P. Maruya, 1899 (Meiji 32). In-8, 210 x 135 mm, publisher's red percaline, decorated upper board (spine faded, seam loose). [6], iv, [2], 441, [3], xix, [6], [1 bl.] pp. 20 plates out of the text: 9 in color, 7 folding, 11 in black, illustrations in the text. First edition due to Joseph Ernest de Becker (England, 1863 - Kobe, Japan, 1929), jurist, specialist of Japanese history. He adopted the Japanese nationality under the name of Kobayashi Beika, he continued however to write under his original name. He made an in-depth study of the brothel district of Yoshiwara in Tokyo. The plates illustrate the lively life of this district: 1 map of the district, parade of courtesans, interior of a brothel, toilet of courtesans... Some foxing.
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