Lot 114
Japan.- Conder (Joseph) The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, first edition, 54 plates, 14 colour, Tokyo, 1891 & others, Japanese art & crafts (6)
Hammer Price: £350
Description
Japan.- Conder (Joseph) The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, first edition, 54 plates, 14 colour, illustrations, holes to inner margins from original cord binding, bound in library half morocco, t.e.g., with original pictorial wrappers bound in, a little rubbed and faded, Tokyo, 1891 § Anderson (William) The Pictorial Arts of Japan, plates, mostly photogravure, a few chromolithographed, tissue guards, illustrations, original morocco-backed decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., spine worn, joints split, 1886 § Hayashi (T.) [Sale Catalogue] [Hayashi Collection] Objets d'Art du Japon et de la Chine, Peintures, Livres, plates, some photogravure, contemporary library half morocco, spine gilt, original pictorial wrappers bound in, Paris, 1902; and 3 others on Japanese art and crafts, v.s. (6)
⁂ The first is the first book in English on ikebana or Japanese flower-arranging.
Description
Japan.- Conder (Joseph) The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, first edition, 54 plates, 14 colour, illustrations, holes to inner margins from original cord binding, bound in library half morocco, t.e.g., with original pictorial wrappers bound in, a little rubbed and faded, Tokyo, 1891 § Anderson (William) The Pictorial Arts of Japan, plates, mostly photogravure, a few chromolithographed, tissue guards, illustrations, original morocco-backed decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., spine worn, joints split, 1886 § Hayashi (T.) [Sale Catalogue] [Hayashi Collection] Objets d'Art du Japon et de la Chine, Peintures, Livres, plates, some photogravure, contemporary library half morocco, spine gilt, original pictorial wrappers bound in, Paris, 1902; and 3 others on Japanese art and crafts, v.s. (6)
⁂ The first is the first book in English on ikebana or Japanese flower-arranging.
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