Landscape Gardening in Japan; PLUS Supplement ... 2 vols.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Tokio: Publ. & Sold by Kelly and Walsh 1893. Folio. Orig. gilt illust. green cloth. With 37 full-page plates of which some are tinted lithographs 55 text-illusts. and 40 photo collotype plates of individual gardens superbly photographed by the celebrated 19th century Japanese photographer K. Ogawa. A fine complete set of this important monograph detailing the history the construction and the designs of Japanese gardens including their water use vegetation and composition. Rare.