19. ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey. [PROSE WORKS]. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, v.d. (1901-1913). Complete in seven octavo volumes. Frontispiece portrait in vols. 1 & 7. Publisher's binding of green ribbed cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, t.e.g.; uncut and unopened. A fine and fresh set in age-browned, spine-sunned..... More
1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, [n.d., circa 1890-1900]. Complete: 80 of 80 plates, some in color, plus numerous text illustrations..... More
1918. ASAI Chû. MOKUGO NIHONGA SHÛ. Kyoto: Unsôdô, (1909) 1927. Printed paper covers, tassle bound. This tall 4to sized volume (37 x 25.5 cm) which is an epitome of Asai Chû's "Japanese-style" painting is a companion to the MOKUGO TOAN-SHÛ, which focussed on his design work. Asai is famous as..... More
1888. (BING, S.) ARTISTIC JAPAN: A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. Compiled by S. Bing. London: Sampson Low, (1888)-1891. Folio. Six volumes bound in Five.Three-quarter green cloth over pictorial boards. Stamped and ruled in gilt to spine. All 36 issues of this journal, bound without pictorial covers. With..... More
1916. [BIRD AND FLOWER] Watanabe Seitei. SEITEI KACHÔ. Tokyo, Okura Shoten, Okura Yasugoro, Taisho 5 [1916]. Brown cloth clasped portfolio, 28.2 x 38 cm. A complete collection of the 22 color prints, the preface and table of contents page, 24 sheets in all, with a colophon label on the inside..... More
18. [CHINESE PITH PAINTINGS]. ALBUM OF 30 FISH ON 12 SHEETS. Album of 12 sheets of pith, approximately 19 x 26 cm each, mounted onto pages within covers approx. 24.7 x 34.3 cm, covered in brocade with ties. A wonderful mid-19th century example of this realistic genre, which uses the..... More
1729. CLUVER, Philipp. PHILIPPI CLUVERI INTRODUCTIONIS IN UNIVERSAM GEOGRAPHIAM, tam VETEREM quam NOVAM LIBRI VI. Cum integris Johannis Bunonis, Joh. Frid. Hekelii & Joh. Reiskii, & selectis Londinensibus notis. Textum ad optimas Editiones recognovit; Pauca Cluverii, multa interpretum sphalmata obelo notavit; Bunonianis Tabulis geographicis passim emendatis novas accuratiores addidit; Praefationemque..... More
1900. [CREPE PAPER BOOK] FLORENZ, K. Japanische Dramen TERAKOYA u. ASAGAO. Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag (Hasegawa, Yotsuya Hommura, Tokyo, Meiji 33 [1900]) Large format (19.6 X 15.4 cm) creped paper book, illustrated with color woodcuts. This is the "Dritte Auflage". Near fine in a clasped wraparound that shows but the..... More
1831. [DEFOE, Daniel]. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. With a biographical sketch of De Foe, written expressly for this edition, and illustrations from original designs. In two volumes. Vol. I[-II]. London : Cochrane and Pickersgill, ., and J. Andrews, 1831. Illustrated: engraved frontispiece portrait of Defoe by Freeman..... More
1901. [DRAWING GUIDE] TAKEUCHI Jirô, artist. HÔGACHÔ 2, 3, 4. Kyôto, Yamada Unsôdô, Meiji 34 [1901]. Printed paper covers, oblong albums, tassel-bound. 17.9 x 25.1 cm. Volume two and volume three contains 17 prints each and volume four 15, thus there are a total of 49 color woodblock prints bound..... More
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHÛ, artist. Chûtô ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Nishû. Tôkyô, Yoshikawa Kôbunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chû and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their..... More
1818. [EHON] Aikawa MINWA, artist. KÔRIN GASHIKI Zen. Ôsaka & Kyôto, Bunka 15 [1818]. 26.1 x 18.5 cm. Original covers and printed title label. Delicately printed color prints after designs by Ogata Kôrin. A few pages with slight repaired worming, the covers are rubbed, but overall a lovely copy of..... More
1685. [EHON] Hishikawa MORONOBU, artist. Hishikawa SHOSHOKU EHON KAGAMI. Jokyo 2 [1685]. 2 vols. Ôhon, large b+w illustrated book of occupations, done by Moronobu at the height of his powers and one of his best known creations. The copy at hand is bound in two volumes within the original covers..... More
1891. [EHON] Imao KEINEN. KEINEN KACHÔ GAFU. Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei. Meiji 24-25 [1891-2]. 4 vols., each approx. 35.5 x 25.1 cm. Stringbound, fukuro-toji, Japanese style. Vol.1 [Spring] has 31 color woodblock prints of birds and flowers, of which 7 are huge double page prints. Vol.2 [Summer] has 32 plates, of..... More
1852. [EHON] Kaioku, Baiitsu, Baioku, etc., artists. SHOGA RUISEN. Kyôto, Ôsaka & Edo, Kaei 5 [1852]. Orihon folding album in wooden covers with a worn title label. The sumi-e and color prints are lovely in this small format album. 18.1 x 11.4 cm. The artists, all bunjinga masters, have done..... More
1811. [EHON] KAWAMURA Bumpô. KANGA SHINAN NIHEN. Kyoto: Hishiya Magobei, et al., Bunka 8 [1811]. String-bound Japanese style in the original covers with paper title labels. 26.1 x 17.2 cm. This "second series" of the KANGA SHINAN [Manual of Chinese-style Painting] was the only one illustrated by Bumpô and was..... More
1920. [EHON] Matsumura KEIBUN, artist. KEIBUN KACHÔ KINKACHÔ Zen. Kyôto, Nagoya, Tôkyô and Ôsaka. Based on the Kinkadô/Unsôdô 1898 Kyôto issue of the 1830 original version, here published by Yamamoto Renzô. Like the original 1830 issue, this has 19 double page plates (the 1898 issue had an extra plate not..... More
1886. [EHON] Nishiyama KAN'EI, artist. KAN'EI GAFU. Osaka: Maekawa Zenbei, Meiji 19 [1886]. 28.6 x 18.3 cm. Orihon in brocade covers with 25 double-page color woodcut prints of birds, flowers, etc. Wonderfully well printed, a very early impression, with the brocade covered boards and printed title label. The finest color..... More
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1826. FINLEY, Anthony. [MAP], LOUISIANNA, MISSISSIPPI, AND ALABAMA. [From A NEW AMERICAN ATLAS DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY TO ILLUSTRATE THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA...] Philadelphia: A. Finley, 1826. Engraved hand-colored map, 19"x 24". Drawn by D.h. Vance and engraved by J.H. Young. Lightly soiled with faint off-setting... More
1855. GENTH, Adolphus. IRON WATERS OF SCHWALBACH (IN THE DUCHY OF NASSAU). Wiesbaden: Kreidel & Niedner, 1855. Second Edition. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a view of Schwalbach, and some tables in the text. Octavo. [L], [2], 139 pp. An ex-library copy that is partially disbound. The bookblock is sound;..... More
1927. GOOKIN, Frederick W. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS THE COLLECTION OF ALEXANDER G. MOSLE, 2 volumes. Leipzig: Printed for Mr. Mosle (by W. Drugulin), 1927. 8vo., 58 pp./Portfolio with 8 color plates. Catalogue and portfolio in matching green and white patterned paper covered boards. Complete. Housed in a folding..... More
1858. [LOWELL, Percival] A TREASURY OF PLEASURE BOOKS, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Illustrated by John ABSALOM, Harrison WEIR, et al. New-York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1858. unpaginated. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt and blind, gilt top edge. Cloth soiled, boards worn, rebacked. Coated brown endpapers with pencil ownership. Gift inscription..... More
1941. [Manuscript album]. Kanbara Tai, et al. ENKA-JÔ. Ca. 1941. Titled 'An Album of Mist and Clouds', this book features fourteen examples of hand-painted calligraphy and simple artworks from different artists, including an illustration by Kanbara Tai (1898-1997). Kanbara was early on one of the most important members of the..... More
![ZOTEI DAI NIHON KOKUGUN YOCHI ROTEI ZENZU]. MAP - JAPAN, SEKISUI Chô, SUZUKI Kien](/pictures/thumb/86425_01.jpg?v=1526749825)
1852. [MAP - JAPAN] SEKISUI Chô & SUZUKI Kien. [ZOTEI DAI NIHON KOKUGUN YOCHI ROTEI ZENZU]. Edo, Osaka & Kyoto. Zodiacal date of Kaei 5 [1852]. Identical to the copy illustrated online from the UC Berkeley collection, save that their copy is a standard one-piece folding map in covers. See..... More
