Ooshu fuzoku taikan - The Collection of European Manners.
YAMAGUCHI Seitaro (1929].)
£850.00
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Third edition. 110 collotype plate with descriptions on facing leaf. Oblong folio. Original publisher's cloth preserved in cardboard case (minor damage). Some light foxing and occasional creasing, a few marginal tears, but overall still a very good copy. Decorated endpapers. A.e.g. Tokyo, Kokusai Kyowakai, dated: Showa 4 [i.e.
A remarkable photographic publication by a Japanese traveller to Europe, with fascinating snapshots of street scenes in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France and England. While some of the images feature the usual tourist highlights, many of them show fascinating scenes of everyday city life in the capitals of Europe, with remarkable portraits of individuals and groups in Berlin, Zurich, Venice, Paris, London, Prague, Vienna, Port Said and many other cities throughout Europe.
Stock Code: 251882
