Manuscript On Fine Gold Decorated Torinoko Paper Entitled On Manuscript Labels Of Persimmon

by Murasaki Shikibu

$16,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Ten columns per page. Many leaves underpainted with gilt floral designs. Written in a fine calligraphic cursive hand. 42; 32; 36; 38; 42 leaves. Five vols. Small 4to 234 x 174 mm. , orig. dark blue semi-stiff wrappers retchoso-style bindings , with delicate scenes in gold of nature scenes in landscapes, adorned with golden pine trees, flowers, grasses, bushes, clouds & sprays of mist, using kindei “golden mud” & golden speckles, & finely

• Binding: Wrappers

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