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Day 1: Important Asian Works of Art

Thu, Sep 15, 2016 10:00AM EDT - Fri, Sep 16, 2016 10:00AM EDT
Lot 236

[Japan: Described and Illustrated by

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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the Japanese], Edited by Captain F. Brinkley Boston: J. B. Millet Company, 1897, the Yedo Edition, number 85 of 1000 numbered copies, 10 volumes (complete) bound in decorated cloth boards and with paper title labels on the upper covers, bound "Japanese-style" with string-tied spines, with many black and white photographs, 30 colored albumen photographs by Tamamura Kozaburo, and five collotype flower plates by K. Ogawa. Condition: very good condition, some wear at the extremities, occasional loss to the cloth boards. Notes: Please Note: Brunk Auctions provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater. Provenance: Collection of Prof. John W. Bennett; Collection of Commander, USNR (Ret.) Wayne S. and Mrs. Lydia B. Shiver, Asheboro, North Carolina

Condition

very good condition, some wear at the extremities, occasional loss to the cloth boards