JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 16 Travel literature ruled in gilt

ruled in gilt

A South West View of the City of New York in North America

and the National Observatory

20 3/4" x 28"

Mulsant & Verreaux [Purple-tailed avocet Hummingbird] Avocettinus Eurypterus

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 16 Travel literature ruled in giltJAPANESE (Late 19th Century) Lilies Woodblock print and finished by hand on pith laid down on heavier stock 17 x 10 sheet Provenance: Nevins Memorial Library, MA Beautiful hand colored woodcuts from a Japanese nursery catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company for the export market. The company was formed at the end of the nineteenth for the purpose of exporting Japanese plants to the West, capitalizing on the prevailing wave of Japonism. The