JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 7 Cartographer_Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix geographer to King Louis XV

geographer to King Louis XV

The South East scene is taken from near today’s corner of Varick and Beach Streets in lower Manhattan

London: 1832-1843

surrounded by an elaborate decorative border

Jacques A Paris

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 7 Cartographer_Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix geographer to King Louis XVJAPANESE (Late 19th Century) Lilies Woodblock print and finished by hand on pith laid down on heavier stock 17 x 10 sheet Provenance: Nevins Memorial Library, MA Beautiful hand colored woodcuts from a Japanese nursery catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company for the export market. The company was formed at the end of the nineteenth for the purpose of exporting Japanese plants to the West, capitalizing on the prevailing wave of Japonism. The