Kinsei jufu betsuroku 金生樹譜別錄 Book of Money-Making Trees, Explained, with Additions

by ChŌSeisha Shujin 長生舎主人

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First edition

Numerous full-page woodcuts, including shades of gray usuzumi 薄墨 . 30.5; 24; 21.5 folding leaves. Three vols. 8vo, orig. beige patterned semi-stiff wrappers, orig. title-slips a little frayed , new stitching. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka: Suharaya Sasuke 須原屋佐助, ca. 1833. First edition. “Kinseiju Fu is a gardening guidebook of potted plants, bonsais, and more, published in the late Edo era. Through words and illustrations this book explains points

• Binding: Wrappers

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