SPAIN THROUGH THE EYES OF A JAPANESE ARTIST - Lot 256

SPAIN THROUGH THE EYES OF A JAPANESE ARTIST MITSUMASA ANNO. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DON QUIXOTE. Paris, L'école des loisirs, [2003] Children's album in-4°, full publisher's illustrated boards. "Here is Mitsumasa Anno's drawing of the whole of Spain, seen from the sky, in a book that can be read from left to right and right to left, top to bottom and bottom to top. Mitsumasa Anno is one of the most famous Japanese illustrators of his time, born in 1926 in Tsuwano... " A double prism: we discover Spain through the eyes of Don Quixote, as seen through the eyes of a contemporary Japanese. (On joint) LENAGHAN (Patrick) en colaboracion con Javier Blas y José Manuel Matilla. IMAGENES DEL QUIJOTE. Modelos de representation en las ediciones de los siglos XVII a XIX. Madrid, [The Hispanic society of America]2003. Large volume in-4°, paperback (350 pp + 1 ff). Beautiful, well-documented catalog of a traveling exhibition: NY, Madrid, San Fernando. "Este libro vio la luz con motivo de la exposicion Imagenes del Quijote inaugarada en Madrid el 30 de Septiembre Festividad de San Jeronimo Patron de los Libreros. A leading authority on iconography. [We enclose] Dr. Lenaghan and Jose Manuel Lucia Megias, Les Aventures du fameux chevalier Dom Quixot de la Manche et de Sancho Pansa son Escuyer (Paris: 1650-1652). Empresa publica D. Quijote de la Mancha, 2005. Very good study accompanying the reproduction of Jacques Lagniet's suite. [Finally, we enclose] DE LA PALABRA A LA IMAGEN, El "Quijote" de la Academia de 1780, edited by Elena Santiago Pàez. Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid, 2006. Excellent studies, including Dr. Lenaghan's on Carnicero's drawings. The "La créacion de las imagenes" catalog features numerous reproductions of drawings and engravings from the Academia's famous 1780 edition. (Included). [CERVANTES]. EL QUIJOTE, Biografia de un libro. 1605-2005. Madrid, Biblioteca National, 2005. Large in-4° volume on coated paper (463 pp) publisher's red boards. Weight: 2.5 kg! Superb catalog of the exhibition held in Madrid to mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first part of Le Quijote (1605). Abundant illustrations.