Kingin zuroku trans.: An Album of Gold & Silver Coins

by Morishige Kondo

$3,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

Numerous woodcut illus. of coins, block printed in colors. 50; 37; 29: 29; 53; 31; 18; 48 folding leaves. Seven vols. 8vo, orig. pale blue paper wrappers some rubbing , title labels on upper covers, new stitching. N.p.: from the author’s private press , 1810. First edition of this finely illustrated work; it is a catalogue of Japanese gold and silver coins. Our copy is notable for having the illustrations of the silver coins delicately heightened

• Binding: Wrappers

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