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Author: Brinkley, Captain F., ed.
Title: Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese. Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:J.B. Millet
Date Published: [1897]
Description:

10 volumes. Illustrated with 24 (of 30) hand-colored mounted albumen photographs (3 in each volume); halftones from photographs in the text; 7 (of 10) color collotype frontispieces from photographs of flowers. Printed on double-leaves. (Folio) 39x31 cm (15½x11¾") original full brocade silk over boards, each volume with a different cloth pattern, paper cover labels. Volume 5 has been stripped of its cloth and binding strings. No. 3 of 1000 copies of the Yedo Edition.

Sumptuous presentation noteworthy for the hand-colored albumen photographs as well as for the scholarly text. Contains classic late nineteenth century hand-colored albumen and other photographs of various Japanese views, including tea ceremonies, bridges, gardens, cherry blossoms, flower and produce vendors, temples, theater scenes, city and rural life, women in traditional dress, etc.

Volume 5 lacking cloth covering and binding cords; several plates lacking, a few others detached; good only. Offered as is.