16. Brinkley ( Captain Francis, editor ) Japan. Described and illustrated by the Japanese, 15 parts bound in 2 vol., 15 colour collotypes of flower studies by Ogawa Kazumasa, 30 mounted hand-coloured original albumen prints by various photographers (most faded), 15 stencil plates printed in different colours, illustrations throughout, bookplate of Christopher Turnor on front paste-downs, contemporary half green morocco, spines gilt and slightly faded, a little rubbed, scuff to lower cover of one vol., small split to foot of one joint, folio, Boston, 1897.
est. £400 – £600
A representative selection of the work of Japanese photographers in the 1890s from an order of one million prints shipped to Boston from the Yokohama studio of Tamamura Kozaburo.