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"Scenes from open air life in Japan".
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1008
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"Scenes from open air life in Japan".
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
"Scenes from open air life in Japan". Folio obl.: 14 collotype plates, tissue guards with plate numb., English text (18 pp.) and captions, the book does not contain a colophon or title page. - Photographs by William Kinnimond Burton (1856-1899), a Scottish engineer and photographer, professor of sanitary engineering at Tokyo Imperial University of Japan. Along with Kazumasa Ogawa, Burton was a founding member of the Japan Photographic Society. Plates by Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929), considered a pioneer in the development of photography and photomechanical printing in Japan. Text by James Murdoch (1856-1921), Scottish orientalist scholar and journalist who worked as a teacher in Japan and Australia.
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About the sale
Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
Auction location
Auction time
06/26/2026 at 1:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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