Complete silk bound album of 24 woodblock prints of “Bijin” by Gekko.- c1897 Book Binding with wear to spine

Binding with wear to spine and edges

-Published in London

in the Kara sea

-Collation: xxviii + 368

1773 Hawkesworth edition print from the 1st English (and 1st overall) edition of "A journal of a voyage to the South Seas

Complete silk bound album of 24 woodblock prints of “Bijin” by Gekko.- c1897 Book Binding with wear to spineComplete album of 24 woodblock prints of Bijin by Gekko Comparison Between Beautiful Women and Flowers Bijin Hana Kurabe Ogata Gekko (1859 1920) Original edition Published c1897 by Matsuki Heikichi Oban tate format Album 35 x 24cm Complete album of 24 Oban Tate prints plus a title page and publishers page in an original silk binding. Pencil title to album cover. This beautiful series compares beautiful women Bijin to flowers. It was printed to a high