JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 3 Engraving and one of the entire

and one of the entire island

his wife Narcissa

or school of Chevalier combattant (Philomachus pugnax)

20 1/4 x 23 1/4 in

It holds the distinction as the first great published collection of American views

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 3 Engraving and one of the entireJAPANESE (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