Vintage Item(old or antique book),Woodblock Print book
Price
$250.00
Weight
2.74kg
size
width
20cm 8"
depth
8cm 3"
height
26cm 10 1/4"
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-Description- Title Illustrations of the Common Plants Supervised by Tomitaro Makino Publication year 1906(Meiji39) 103years ago
This is an extremely rare illustrated Japanese plants book by a leading figure in this field.22 vol in total
Tomitaro Makino (Makino Tomitaro, April 24, 1862 - January 18, 1957) was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work. He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany", as he was one of the first Japanese botanists to work extensively on classifying Japanese plants using the system developed by Linnaeus. His research resulted in documenting 50,000 specimens, many of which are represented in his Makino's Illustrated Flora of Japan.
This book contains many illustrations,as title says.Even if you don't understand Japanese, you will enjoy this book through many photos.
Size approx 20cmx26cm 30 illustrations are included in each book.
If you are interested in Japanese plants,this book would be a great collection for you.
-Condition- Stains,yellowing and wears on te cover and pages.some pages are underlined.But it is in very good condition overallfor its age. Please see the photos to confirm the condition of this book
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Item #38531
