Softcover, publisher’s green wrappers with black and red lettering, 374 × 277 mm (folio), printed on satin-coated thick wove paper (vélin), on recto only, thread-sewn through a single center fold, unpaginated, collation: 1st leaf blank, title-page, nine leaves of photogravures with a total of 35 tsuba, colophon with publisher’s device – 12 leaves altogether.
Title-page: Quelques | Gardes de Sabre | Japonaises | Du XIIe au XVIe Siècle | de la | Collection Ch. Gillot | Juillet 1898 ||
Colophon: Gravé et imprimé | par | CH. GILLOT | 79, rue Madame | PARIS || in an ornate frame
Contributor: Charles Gillot (French, 1853-1903) – A prominent printer and collector associated with the Japonisme movement. Despite his connoisseurial reputation, Gillot’s dating of the tsuba—from the 12th to the 16th century—is now considered inaccurate and reflects prevailing 19th-century misconceptions in the Western study of Japanese metalwork.
Additional Information
| Collection | Japanese swords & fittings , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Catalogue , Reference book |
| Period | 19 AD , Late 19th century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Photogravure , Wove paper |
| Subject | 19th century , Collections , Collectors and Collecting , France , History , Japan , Japanese history , Japanese sword handguards , Private collections , Tsuba |
| Binding | Softcover , Wrappers |
| Size | Folio |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1898 |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
