Hand-Colored Album of Late 19th Century Photographs of Japan [50 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS]
[Yokohama]: [ca. 1880s-1890s]. Hardcover. Large oblong quarto. 25 double-sided heavy-stock paper leaves. Luxurious lacquered wood boards, with carved mother-of-pearl onlay in the shape of flowers and cranes on the front cover. Back cover beautifully hand-painted in gilt. Brown leather spine with gilt tooling. Edges of book block in gilt. Gilt..... More