Daiku hinagata hidensho zukai

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NISHIMURA , Gon'emon. Daiku hinagata hidensho zukai. [ Secrets of Architectural Design ]. 2 volumes. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout. 8vo, 229 x 155 mm., publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Edo: Suharaya, 1727. A delightful early eighteenth-century Japanese pattern book. The profession of architect as a specialist in designing buildings did not really come about.....

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