Kono Bairei (1678-1757) Chigusa no Hana [1000 varieties of flowers] Best of the West purchased September 1984

purchased September 1984

Spurred by the interests of the Hudson's Bay Company

The whole flock seems to stand amazed

In the second decade of the 19th century

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 purchased September 1984Kono 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