Taisei Ijin-den: Shon Hiisukoto, or John Heathcoat, English Inventor of the Lace-Making Machine

Verlag: Tokyo : Monbusho, 1873

Beschreibung

A colour woodblock-printed nishiki-e of English businessman John Heathcoat (1783-1861) after the completion of his lace- making machine. The leaf is one of a series of educational prints titled "The Lives of Great People of the Occident" published by the Monbusho (the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture). Publication began in Meiji 6 [1873], and fourteen of the prints in the series featured westerners. An educational print featuring an important English inventor. Light wear to extremities, small losses to corners, and a minor stain to the upper margin. A few light creases, slim cut to upper section of print, otherwise very good. 1 leaf. 36 x 25.6 cm. Text in Japanese. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 929

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Taisei Ijin-den: Shon Hiisukoto, or John ...

Verlag: Tokyo : Monbusho

Erscheinungsdatum: 1873

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Very Good