[SOUKA ZUE: Illustrated Manuscript of Flower Arrangement]
by [BOTANICAL] [JAPAN]
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Wrappers with some soiling and slight loss. Contents Fine, bright and fresh
- Seller
-
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[1692 - 1779]. First Edition. Wraps. Wrappers with some soiling and slight loss. Contents Fine, bright and fresh. A string-tied manuscript (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") of Japanese Flower Arrangements (Kadou), author unknown, from the middle of the Edo era (1692-1779) consisting of 32 leaves with no text and a total of 63 lovely hand-colored drawings, one per page, of flower arrangements.
Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018495
- Title
- [SOUKA ZUE: Illustrated Manuscript of Flower Arrangement]
- Author
- [BOTANICAL] [JAPAN]
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Wrappers with some soiling and slight loss. Contents Fine, bright and fresh
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Date Published
- [1692 - 1779]
- Keywords
- Japanese Decorative Arts, Hand-Colored Plates, Botanicals, Illustrated Books, Japanese Flower Arrangements
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hand-Colored Plates; Botanicals;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Wrappers
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