Condition. The book is in Good+ condition. There is a large vertical tear (10 1/2 in - 27 cm) at the left edge of the front cover. That has been closed with archival tape applied inside the front cover. The tear does not extend beyond the front cover. Internally all pages are sound and clean with only minor margin tears or very scattered light foxing.

 
Ogawa, Kazumasa (Collotype Plates):
Lilies of Japan, Yokohama, Kelly and Walsh Limited (Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore), 1895, 12 pages of black and white collotype plates of lilies, large 4to (11 3/4 x 16 in - 30 x 40 cm), stiff decorated wraps, tissue interleaves with letterpress descriptive captions, 12 pp. Each collotype is on high quality thick stock paper and protected by a tissue guard. No title page or text except for the name of each flower which is provided on the tissue interleaf preceding each print. The 12 plates present a total of 24 named lilies. The book has a tipped in colophon (Meiji 28 - 1895) on the inside back cover.

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The 12 Black and White Collotypes by K. Ogawa

  
Shiro-kanoko

  
Hitoye-Tengai

  
Tame tomo

  
Shiro-kanoko, Benisuji, Hitoye-tengai & Shiro-kanoko

  
Kio-kanoko, Karui-zawa, Yaye-tengai & Shiro-kanoko

  
Karui-zawa & Yama-yuri

  
Ki-hirato

  
Benisuji

  
Tametomo & Kio-kanoko

  
Hakuwo

  
Benisuji, Yama-yuri, Shiro-kanoko, Yaye-tengai & Saku-yuri

  
Kio-kanoko

  

 
Tipped in Colophon (inside back cover)

Printed: Meiji 28 (1895).6.21
Published: Meiji 28 (1895).6.25

 
Close-up of Collotype

 
Plates (without pics)

1. Shiro-kanoko
2. Hitoye-Tengai
3. Tame tomo
4. Shiro-kanoko, Benisuji, Hitoye-tengai & Shiro-kanoko
5. Kio-kanoko, Karui-zawa, Yaye-tengai & Shiro-kanoko
6. Karui-zawa & Yama-yuri
7. Ki-hirato
8. Benisuji
9. Tametomo & Kio-kanoko
10. Hakuwo
11. Benisuji, Yama-yuri, Shiro-kanoko, Yaye-tengai & Saku-yuri
12. Kio-kanoko