DU CANE, Ella (illustrator). Florence DU CANE (author). The Flowers and Gardens of Japan. London, A & C Black, 1908.
Large 8vo. Original sage green cloth pictorially blocked in darker green with designs of Japanese gardens to spine and upper cover, lettered gilt, top edges gilt; pp. x, 249 + [2], adverts.; title with pictorial vignette printed in green and 50 fine coloured plates protected by captioned tissue-guards; a very clean and attractive copy, both externally and internally, with minor blistering to upper joint, a knock to bottom edge of lower cover, and only mild toning to one front blank.
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First edition. A finely illustrated account of Japanese gardens with discussion of their topographical settings and variety, landscape gardening and gardens, garden ornaments and fences, nursery gardens, dwarf trees and Hachi-Niwa, temple gardens, blossom trees, and other ornamental plants. Inman. A & C Black Colour Books 48.
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