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Ukiyo gafu (Book of Keisai's Popular Pictures), one vol. of 10
Keisai Eisen
Book; woodblock printed · 1790
Art Institute of Chicago

Cahier d’Arabesques Composés par C.L. Desrais en 1789
Claude-Louis Desrais, French
albums (bound) & books, album · 1789
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cahier de meubles contenant six lits de différents formes et dans le dernier goût, composés et dessinés par Aubert en 1789
Aubert Henri Joseph Parent, French
albums (bound) & books, album · 1789
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Gentle Shepherd: a Pastoral Comedy
David Allan
Book with illustrations in etching and aquatint in black on cream laid paper · 1788
Art Institute of Chicago

Album of Arabesque Designs
Etienne de Lavallée, French
albums (bound) & books, album · 1788
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Gentle Shepherd: a Pastoral Comedy
David Allan
Book with illustrations in etching and aquatint in black on cream laid paper · 1788
Art Institute of Chicago

NOUVEAU RECUEIL de Modèles en divers Genres Propres à la Décoration et a l’Usage des Artistes. Inventés et Dessinés Par C. Normand. PREMIER CAHIER ARABESQUES
Charles Normand, French
albums (bound) & books, album · 1787
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

NOUVEAU RECUEIL en divers genres d’Arabesques de Plafonds, Meubles, Vases & du Décor en général Par Chles. Normand, Architect
Charles Normand, French
albums (bound) & books, album · 1787
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The First Day of Business (Akinai hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; oban, page from an illustrated book · 1787
Art Institute of Chicago

The One-Page Preface and Colophon from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; pages from an illustrated book · 1787
Art Institute of Chicago

Album of Arabesque Ornament Designs
Etienne de Lavallée, French
albums (bound) & books, book · 1785
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Sample book
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, French
albums (bound) & books, wallcoverings, sample book — block-printed, gilded, handmade paper · 1785
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Celebration of Actors (Yakusha mono iwai)
Ryûkôsai
Illustrated books, 2 volumes; a: 16 leaves; b: 13 leaves · 1784
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Courtesans Utagawa and Nanasato from the Yotsumeya, from the album "Comparing New Beauties of the Yoshiwara - A Mirror of Their Own Writings (Keisei shin bijin awase jikihitsu kagami)"
Kitao Masanobu
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book · 1784
Art Institute of Chicago

The Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, from the album "Comparing New Beauties of the Yoshiwara - A Mirror of Their Own Writings (Keisei shin bijin awase jikihitsu kagami)"
Kitao Masanobu
Color woodblock print; right sheet of double-page illustration from book · 1784
Art Institute of Chicago

Album of Prints: Fourth Book of Vases and Book of Arabesques by Aubert Parent
Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French
albums (bound) & books, album · 1784
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, from the album "Comparing New Beauties of the Yoshiwara - A Mirror of Their Own Writings (Keisei shin bijin awase jikihitsu kagami)"
Kitao Masanobu
Color woodblock print; right sheet of double-page illustration from book · 1784
Art Institute of Chicago

The Courtesans Utagawa and Nanasato from the Yotsumeya, from the album "Comparing New Beauties of the Yoshiwara - A Mirror of Their Own Writings (Keisei shin bijin awase jikihitsu kagami)"
Kitao Masanobu
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book · 1784
Art Institute of Chicago

Vénus ou La Coquetterie
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French
albums (bound) & books, bound print — etching on paper · 1782
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

La Terre
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French
albums (bound) & books, bound print — etching on paper · 1782
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Le Feu
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French
albums (bound) & books, bound print — etching on paper · 1782
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Album of Prints: Arabesques by Jean Démosthène Dugourc
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French
ornament, book — bound volume of engravings on paper · 1782
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

L’Air
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French
albums (bound) & books, bound print — etching on paper · 1782
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Mars ou La Guerre
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French
albums (bound) & books, bound print — etching on paper · 1782
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum