??????????. [Noru?shiki hogei jikky? ehagaki]. [Postcard Booklet of Norwegian-Style Whaling].

[WHALING TECHNIQUES].

Verlag: No date. (circa 1915)., 1915

Beschreibung

Booklet containing six black and white photographic images on postcard images in wrappers, attractive pictorial image of whales upper cover. 9 x 14.6cm. Surface of upper cover abraded in a few small places upper section and a trifle rubbed on spine, little marked lower wrapper. Very good copy. An attractively bound set of six black-and-white Japanese photographic postcards illustrating the techniques of 'Norwegian whaling' - i.e. whaling using mechanically propelled harpoon cannons which fired explosive projectiles. This technique was first patented by Norwegian Svend Foyn in 1870, and was introduced into Japan around that time, though these postcards appear to date from the early twentieth century. The line between the message and address section on the reverse of the cards was in use in the period 1907-1918. The postcards show the fin of a whale out at sea, the firing of the harpoon cannon from a Japanese boat, pulling in the whale, and whale flensing. An interesting insight into the history of whaling. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 216529

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ??????????. [Noru?shiki hogei jikky? ehagaki...

Verlag: No date. (circa 1915).

Erscheinungsdatum: 1915

Einband: Softcover