$3,000
Boston: J. B. Millet, (1897). 10 vols. Folio, each volume bound in a different color of gilt-embroidered silk with tassel ties. Imperial Edition, number 25 of 100 sets dedicated to the glory of the Emperor and the future of Japan, profusely illustrated with 60 matted hand-colored albumen prints and 200 smaller hand-colored albumen prints in-text by various Japanese photographers, (including Kimbei), 10 original color collotype photographs of flowers by Ogawa, 10 frontispieces of mounted original examples of Japanese art, and numerous color plates reproducing notable works of Japanese art. Plates with captioned silk tissue guards. Light offsetting from some plates to tissue guards.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-08-07
