Kono Bairei (1678-1757) Chigusa no Hana [1000 varieties of flowers] Best of the West aussi bien que celles de

aussi bien que celles de Teixera

In the second decade of the 19th century

looking east out over the Hudson River and towards Manhattan

he refers to Ptolemy and proves himself at a transitional moment of cartography and the Renaissance in general

and coastal features that were critical to trade and exploration

Kono Bairei (1678-1757) Chigusa no Hana [1000 varieties of flowers] Best of the West aussi bien que celles deKono Bairei (1678 1757) Chigusa no Hana (trans. 1000 varieties of flowers) Tokyo: Tanaka Jihei, 1862 Stitched cloth with blue paper boards, blue cloth clamshell box, blue morocco lettering piece. Volume iii of 3. Octavo 242 x 165mm 47 colored woodblock plates on 54 leaves (including 7 diptych plates.) Stitched with cloth head bands within limp blue paper covered boards, later calligraphic title on mounted section on upper cover (some light scuffing