Jonathan A. Hill, Booksellerさんのイラストまとめ

Our latest list: Illustrated Japanese Gastronomic Manuscripts

Five items on soba, sweet potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, and rice porridge

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Surreal mezzotints from Thomas Wright's "An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe" (1750)

Wright (1711-86) explained the Milky Way as an optical effect caused by our immersion in a layer of stars

https://t.co/SefNbMyGs2

Two manuscript volumes of the Honzo zufu, “the greatest illustrated botanical work of nineteenth century Japan...this monumental work, the Honzo zufu, briefly describes and splendidly illustrates in full color some 2,000 plants."

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First ed. of La Chausse's "Romanum Museum..." (1690), this book is a predecessor of the archaeological manual, and provides historical and religious context for each item, as well as explanations of their uses, using a methodical classification system

https://t.co/4KxSExar7o

Our album records the public masquerade parade held just before the main celebrations began and which continued for five days (more parades, open-air plays, shooting competitions, fireworks, etc.).

A rare & complete series of handsome lithographed plates, all with fine original coloring, depicting a public masquerade in Bamberg (1833)

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Depictions of the estate in the Higashiyama hills of Kyoto of the shogun and art patron Yoshimasa Ashikaga (1436-90), which consisted of a number of buildings and gardens, including the famous Silver Pavilion.

https://t.co/3fieGcIK6k

First edition of the first technical encyclopedia in any language and a landmark in the history of technology (1704-10), with entries by Newton, John Ray, Boyle, Nehemiah Grew, John Woodward, etc.

https://t.co/fvl5XlhK67

First ed. of this beautifully illustrated example of kyoka poetry by Hiroshige. He was frequently engaged to illustrate kyoka collections and, as a poet of considerable talent, often made contributions to the text.

https://t.co/KrXgUJDPE9

A valuable repository of traditional Japanese knowledge of crops, including vegetables, herbs, & trees; agricultural practices; & food-processing methods, it focuses on the properties & characteristics of crops, their utility for humans, & the best systems to cultivate them