Whales and Whaling in Japan, volume I, part 1 (all published), limited edition of 125 numbered copies 12 full page plates

12 full page plates

13 engraving plates of different pigeons

long disputed

Early full black morocco leather

Redi’s view prevailed and was confirmed in 1781 by the Italian biologist Felice Fontana (see Adler

Whales and Whaling in Japan, volume I, part 1 (all published), limited edition of 125 numbered copies 12 full page platesPp. (7), 354, x, title page printed in red and black, large color woodcut folding frontispiece (from chromoxylography and was three solid blocks of sakura, or cherry and twelve solid blocks of Magnolia obovata; there were thirty printing stages), 18 collotype plates (printed on a handmade kyokushi fabricated of mitsumata, Edgeworthia papyrifera), all pages with deckle edges. One quarter undyed Indian goat skin with 5 raised bands, lettered in gilt on