Lot 54 , Two Japanese books of woodblock prints depicting birds, Meiji period, 25 x 16.5cm

Two Japanese books of woodblock prints depicting birds, Meiji period, 25 x 16.5cm

Two Japanese books of woodblock prints depicting birds, Meiji period, 25 x 16.5cm
Condition: One book with foxing to the outer cover along with some fading, internally the first page shows some discolouration and most of the pages have very slight dirt across the top but overall good, the other book is disbound, has foxing to the covers but the pages remain fair to good.
The bound book has 25 pages, it is bound to 31
Estimate £200-300

Both 40 colour double sided


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Sold for £190