JAPAN -- IKEBANA -- CONDER, J. The flowers of Japan and the art of floral arrangement. Tokyo, 1891. xii, 136 pp. W. 54 plates (14 cold.) after Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Kawanabe Kiosui, (a.o.) & text-ills. Fol. Or. pictorial stiff wrps., cord binding, with silk spine. In custom made blue cloth clamshell box with fasteners. (Spine ends dam., wrps. a bit soiled/worn).
The first book in English on ikebana or Japanese flower-arranging. - First edition.€ 380