JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 5 Frame:Black Koeman calls the Van Keulen

Koeman calls the Van Keulen maps of paramount importance in the development of marine cartography

Watercolor for plate 172: “Martinico Iris” Iris martinicensis

while the madeira is heating

A richly detailed double-hemisphere world map representing Enlightenment-era cartographic knowledge

“Navigationi et Viaggi”

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 5 Frame:Black Koeman calls the Van KeulenJAPANESE (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