A Flight of Butterflies ( Illustrated ) -

Thames and Hudson. reprint of Japanese work from 1904. foldout book. Good/no dust jacket. Sekka, Kanzaka.. slipcase missing Pull-out display encased in cardboard outer book. Cover is faded, inner materials are in good condition,clean, not marked or notated. printed on special paper in Japan for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has continuous fold out pages like one might find in Japan and is loaded with colorful butterflies. I am showing a view of the slipcase. The book itself has blue cloth boards with a white paper label applied to the front board with Japanese writing on it. Reprint of original work published in Japan 1904-facsimile copy of a book in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art [under the title 'Chosenchu'], a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Holme. It is printed on specially-made paper and bound in Japan by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. The modern calligraphy is George Laws ... [T]he original title page includes the information that 'One thousand kinds of butterflies' was printed… Leer más