A Flight of Butterflies ( Illustrated ): other title Cho senshu

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 on April 5, 1904, in Kyoto, Japan. Kanzaka Sekka made the woodblock illustrations; the publishing house was Yamade Unsodo [Yamada Unsodo]"-- .An accordion book featuring facsimile reproductions of Kanzaka Sekka's butterfly woodblock illustrations, attached to cloth over boards at either end. Paper labels with calligraphy are attached to both boards. Issued in an illustrated paper slipcase. Pub. 1979 52 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm- book is meant to be read from the back to the front like other Japanese books and is so beautiful. Even the end-papers are exquisite. Each page is a delight in colors from blue to yellow to white to rainbow.him him him these are the kind of books that sometimes people cut up, so if you needed some interesting prints for a decorator look, in a room, these would be suitable for framing. There are enough different colors, that you could pick up the colors in the room you're doing. Questions call me at 213-787-6205, or e-mail me. Let me know what colors you might be using in the room and I can look through the book photograph them and see if this will work for you. or just talk to on the phone and give you a verbal. Ruth Reaser LAXVespa@yahoo.com questions email or call before ordering.I have a good description and pictures,however some books can be an expensive purchase,- it's easier to answer a question or take another picture in advance in ensure your happy, no buyers remorse. ..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped through United States Post via media mail to fulfill your order, Los Angeles Area I carefully pack your book, hop on my Vespa visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system-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 "[A] 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 on April 5, 1904, in Kyoto, Japan. Kanzaka Sekka made the woodblock illustrations; the publishing house was Yamade Unsodo [Yamada Unsodo]"-- .An accordion book featuring facsimile reproductions of Kanzaka Sekka's butterfly woodblock illustrations, attached to cloth over boards at either end. Paper labels with calligraphy are attached to both boards. Issued in an illustrated paper slipcase. Pub. 1979 52 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cbook is meant to be read from the back to the front like other Japanese books and is so beautiful. Even the end papers are exquisite. Each page is a delight in colors from blue to yellow to white to rainbow...NV ni