Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

297 297 c   ( JAPAN—GARDENDESIGN.) Kitamura Enkin; and Fujii Shigeyoshi. Tsukiyama Teizo Den. Approximately 45 double-page woodblock illustrations and plans of garden design. 3 volumes. 8vo, 10x7 1 / 4 inches, original stitched blue paper wrappers with printed paper labels, mild wear; occasional worming. Japan, 1735 [800/1,200] together with : A well-painted manuscript scroll of landscape gardening designs incorporating pools and waterfalls. Ink and watercolor on 8 sheets of joined paper, 15x301 inches; moderate wear, but surviving nicely. Japan, circa 1735. 298 c   (LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.) Weidenmann, Jacob. Beautifying Country Homes. A Handbook for Landscape Gardening. 40 pages profusely illustrated with wood engravings and 24 chromolithographed plates, several double-page, and each with accompanying descriptive text leaf. Small folio, 13 1 / 2 x10 1 / 2 inches, publisher’s aubergine cloth with title blocked in gilt on upper cover, light wear; plates clean and bright, generally a very nice copy. New York: Orange Judd and Company, 1870 [800/1,200]