Jun 03, 2021 - Sale 2571

Sale 2571 - Lot 183

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(JAPAN -- COOKERY.) Manuscript albums of food preparation and etiquette. Japan, vd

Additional Details

Illustrated guide to butchering fowl. 43 pages of instructional ink sketches on the subject. Oblong 8vo format, 6x8 1/2 inches, cord-stitched plain wrappers; scattered worm track, staining at foredge. Mid-19th century.

3 volumes. Ink and watercolor; 8vo format, 10x6 1/2 inches; stitched wrappers, moderate wear. Two volumes on table manners, the third volume nicely illustrated with shellfish preparation and table display. Meiji 33 (1900).