JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 10 12_10_24 Sheet size: 18 1/2 x

Sheet size: 18 1/2 x 24 3/4

1500–1566) worked as an engineer in Venice before turning his attentions to mapmaking from the 1540’s

and the East Indies

John Gould (1804-1881) Querquedula crecca [Teal]

as well as a group of eight etchings

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 10 12_10_24 Sheet size: 18 1/2 xJAPANESE (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