Graphic Scenes of the Japan Expedition

by William Heine

$28,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, deluxe colored issue on card. 12 leaves of letterpress text. Ten lithographic prints on proof paper, tipped onto bristol board with glossy backs one tinted portrait of Perry from a daguerreotype by P. Hass, nine views by Heine, printed in colors and finished by hand , all printed by Sarony & Co. Large folio. Original half black morocco and cloth covered boards, lettered in gilt on the upper cover, restoration to the spine with minor areas

• Binding: Leather

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