77/1740 [Botany]. Conder, J. The Floral Art of Japan: being a second and revised edition of the Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement. Tokyo, Kelly and Walsh, 1899, 2nd ed., XI,142,VIII,(1)p., 14 handcol. woodcut plates by O. GEKKO, 55 monochr. plates, num. ills., orig. gilt pict. cl., folio.

- Extensive owner's entry on first blank; endpapers (sl.) foxed; bookseller's ticket on lower pastedown. Spine sl. sunned/ dampstained at foot of spine; backcover w. sm. dam. spot. Fine copy.

= Nice monograph on the art of floral arrangement. A painter and designer of woodblock prints, Ogata Gekkô (1859-1920) was one of the earliest Japanese artists to win an international audience. Von Wenckstern II, p.321. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.