JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 27 12/17/20 Map of the North-Western States

Map of the North-Western States including Minnesota and the copper region of Lake Superior

this engraving by Braun and Hogenberg captures the city’s medieval skyline nestled between dramatic alpine ridges

31 ¼” x 22” sheet

Covering the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent coasts of Europe and Africa

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 27 12/17/20 Map of the North-Western StatesJAPANESE (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