![Stock ID #158137 大隅源助引札 [Ōsumi Gensuke hikifuda ]. Advertisement flyer issued...](/pictures/thumb/158137.jpg?v=1676005230)
Edo: no date. Late Edo. (circa 1855?). Black and white woodblock advertisement for surveying and optical instruments from the shop of Ōsumi Gensuke 大隅源助. Two sheets neatly joined together measure 36 x 50cm. Very good copy. Ōsumi was a manufacture and retailer of surveying instruments, optical equipment, clocks, etc. His..... More
![Stock ID #158136 異國人酒宴ノ圖 [Ikokujin shuen no zu]. [Picture of Foreigners Having...](/pictures/thumb/158136.jpg?v=1679074244)
No date. (Late Edo]. Black and white woodblock, 24.1 x 28.7cm. Very good copy. This print shows an Englishman, a Russian and a geisha clearly having a lively drinking party. In the middle of the image an English man, named "Metsuchii", is dancing with a fan, to the tune of..... More
London. The Illustrated London News. Saturday, October 26, 1861. Single issue (lacks the separately published Supplement), four full-page engravings, several half-page, 24 pp (pp 415-438) , disbound from a larger compilation, original stab holes, light foxing, very good condition. Includes news of the return of the British consul George Staunton..... More
![Stock ID #160727 [天保壬寅元暦].[Tenpō jin'in genreki]. [Japanese Lunisolar Calendar...](/pictures/thumb/160727.jpg?v=1672900271)
伊勢)度会郡山田. 文久元[ 1861]. Black and white woodblock printed, accordion style binding, decorative paper wrappers. A Japanese lunisolar calendar 文久二年 (1862) published in 文久元年 (1861). Covers insect damaged and stained in places, a little loss along blank upper margin first and last leaf, light browning, otherwise very good. Text in Japanese..... More