JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 9 Botanical and Seat of the Soverain

and Seat of the Soverain Court

Its discovery rewrites the printing history of Marcgraf’s map

a period when the Netherlands emerged as a dominant force in global trade and mapmaking

a clustered lake generalizing the Great Lakes

Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre Nouvelle Yorck et Pensilvanie

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 9 Botanical and Seat of the SoverainJAPANESE (Late 19th Century) Lilies Woodblock print and finished by hand on pith laid down on heavier stock 17 x 10 sheet Provenance: Nevins Memorial Library, MA Beautiful hand colored woodcuts from a Japanese nursery catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company for the export market. The company was formed at the end of the nineteenth for the purpose of exporting Japanese plants to the West, capitalizing on the prevailing wave of Japonism. The