JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 9 Botanical Paraquaria vulgo Paraguay

Paraquaria vulgo Paraguay

a clustered lake generalizing the Great Lakes

a period when the Netherlands emerged as a dominant force in global trade and mapmaking

and Seat of the Soverain Court

Papered horizon bar with some careful restoration

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 9 Botanical Paraquaria vulgo ParaguayJAPANESE (Late 19th Century) Lilies Woodblock print and finished by hand on pith laid down on heavier stock 17 x 10 sheet Provenance: Nevins Memorial Library, MA Beautiful hand colored woodcuts from a Japanese nursery catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company for the export market. The company was formed at the end of the nineteenth for the purpose of exporting Japanese plants to the West, capitalizing on the prevailing wave of Japonism. The