Live veiling - Lot 1000
Live veiling - Lot 1000
[Japan - Botany]
The floral art of Japan: being a second and revised edition of The flowers of Japan and the art of floral arrangement.
Tokyo, Shiuyei Sha for Kelly and Walsh, 1899
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260
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Beschrijving lot
Folio; 69 pl. (few spots throughout, mostly marg.).
Ill. publ. cloth (spine rubbed, corners bumped).
Second ed. (1st 1891) of this fine botanical work by Conder (1852-1920), British architect who worked as a professor at the Imperial College of Engineering. Ill. with 69 plates, of which 14 delicately hand-coloured and numerous in-text ill.
Ref. Not in Cordier, Japonica, Nissen (BBI).