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(JAPAN - SERICULTURE.) Japanese Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Raw Silk Industry in Japan. 42 passe-partout mounted silver print photographs with printed captions in English. 4 volumes housed in original chitsu case with bone clasps; publisher's cloth in leporello format, 14 1/2x11 inches; an extremely attractive set with only minor rubbing to extremities. Tokyo, [1938]
Comprehensive photographic overview of silk production at the height of Japanese commercial export in the early twentieth century. Comprising: Production of Silkworm Eggs (6 photos); Breeding of Silkworms (9); Manufacture of Raw Silk (12); Conditioning and Shipment of Raw Silk (15).
