77/ 322 [Oriental and tribal arts]. 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.

- Plates sl. yellowed; occas. (sl.) foxed (incl. plates); lower hinge weak. Binding sl. soiled/ stained/ worn; hole at top of spine; frontcover w. a few dam. spots.

= 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.