[EO un des 5 sur japon] ROBAUT, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Corot, 1905

First edition printed at of only 400 copies.

One of the only five copies on old Japanese paper, the first large paper.
The reference catalogue raisonné of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot's work preceded by an extensive biography of the artist's life and artwork by Etienne Moreau-Nelaton.
With descriptions and black-and-white reproductions of more than 3,000 of the artist's paintings, drawings, and engravings.
The fifth and final volume is devoted to the tables.

Our copy is bound with :
- in volume 1, two original photographs of Corot, the original Corot burial certificate, and finally two specimens for subscription to the book, dated 1904 (8 pages), one on vellum paper, the other on Japanese paper.
- in volume 4, p. 329, a photograph of Corot (Coll. Nadar, reproduced in 1910), three autograph letters signed by Corot with two stamped envelopes, and three sketches, attributed according to a pencil note to Robaut after Corot for the first and to Corot for the other two (without warranty for these attributions).
One of the letters is addressed to the parents of his student Emmanuel Damoye, in which Corot expresses concern that he has been drafted (in 1870).

A unique collection to which we are including, in paperback, the first supplement (ex. 18 of 600 copies) published 40 copies later in 1948.