Die Japonenser - Iaponnois (Old Prints, 18th Century Prints, Ethnic Prints, Fashion Prints, Asia, Japan, Men's Fashion, Women's Fashion, Kimono, Sword, Cane). Issued Paris, France, 1719 for A. M. Mallet. Charming little early 18th century copper engraved miniature costume print, with pleasing full hand color. Depicts a Japanese man and woman in traditional 17th-century dress, with the man holding a cane or staff and concealing a pair of swords inside his kimona robe. Temple in distance, title fluttering across the sky. The image has a near folk-art feel, a style of image quite unique to this time in history. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this very reason. Mostly clean and well preserved example, trivial blank margin corner staining & edge toning which visually testifies to the age and patina. Sheet measures c. 5" x 8". Printed area measures c. 4 1/2" x 6". Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers , v. 3. p.196 [B14164]