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Lot 6610

A group of three illustrated books
19th Century

23 August 2010, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A group of three illustrated books

19th Century
The first entitled Yokohama kaiko kenbunshi (A Record of Observations in the Open Port of Yokohama), one volume, block-printed with frontispiece, two single page and fourteen double-page illustrations by Gountei Sadahide, and twelve pages text, n.d. (wormage, soiling, poor condition); the second a manuscript book depicting Americans in Itorup, an island in the Kurile Archipelago, with 35 pages of sketches in color, unsigned, dated Bunka 3.5 (1846, Fifth Month), some soiling, otherwise good condition; the third entitled Fukushoku zukai (Pictorial Guide to Clothing Colors), two volumes, with colored block printed illustrations of courtier's costumes, undated.
24.4 x 17.5cm; 29.6 x 18.9cm; and 26.9 x 19.4cm

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