JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 17 10_2023_300blast The island was the subject

The island was the subject of a fanciful pamphlet by Richard Head in 1675

and cultural exchange in the early modern world

5-foot terrestrial globes—among the largest and most scientifically advanced of their time

The map is of particular note for being one of the earliest maps to illustrate the 10 new proposed states proposed by Thomas Jefferson--Silvania

south) and in the background the three peaks of the Trimontane

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 17 10_2023_300blast The island was the subjectJAPANESE (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