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Landscape Gardening in Japan and Supplement to Landscape Gardening in Japan (2 Volume Set)
by Josiah Conder, Author
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Waterville, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Complete two volume set in the original gilt decorative stamped green buckram cloth binding. Tight bindings, Unmarked texts. Books are written in English. Each volume large Quartos. Volume I: xii+162 pp. 37 stamped Full-page plates, and 55 line-drawings and figures illustrating the text. Volume II: Unpaginated + 40 collotype plates by Ogawa Kazuma, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. Corners of both volumes bumped, minor wear to the spine ends, with discoloration and wear through of the cloth in places.
Josiah Conder (1852-1920) was the first to introduce "western" style architecture in Japan as well as introduce Japanese garden architecture to the rest of the world.
Ogawa Kazumasa, also known as Ogawa Kazuma or Ogawa Isshin, was a Japanese photographer, printer and publisher who was a pioneer in photomechanical printing and photography in the Meiji era.
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Details
- Bookseller
- RE-BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12617932904
- Title
- Landscape Gardening in Japan and Supplement to Landscape Gardening in Japan (2 Volume Set)
- Author
- Josiah Conder, Author
- Illustrator
- K. Ozawa
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth large Quarto
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by the Hakubunsha, Ginza, Tokio: Published and sold by Kelly and Walsh
- Place of Publication
- Tokio
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Garden Architecture Photography Japan
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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Waterville, Maine
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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