JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 4 western Cadiz & Malaga

Cadiz & Malaga

commissioned for William T

Waldseemuller’s introduction by his colleague Mathias Ringmann described the map as reflecting the voyages of “the Admiral” (Christopher Columbus)

this is his first large-scale map of Italy

it has not been seen since

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 4 western Cadiz & MalagaJAPANESE (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