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