(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Japan).Le Japon Artistique: Documents dArt et dIndistries, by S. Bing.Published c. 1880s, Paris by Marpon et Flammarion.c. 150 pages. Text in English. Run of twelve issues (with all twelve splendid color covers), comprising the second year of this influential and widely admired three year long journal. An endless profusion of hundreds of plates, many/ most colored. S. Bing was almost single handedly responsible for popularizing Japanese culture, art and aesthetics in Europe and Amer