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Auction archive: Lot number 240

An impressive and rare collection of approximately one hundred and ten maps, pilgrims' guides, travellers' handbooks, city plans, etc., formed by Dr. Bernard Rudofsky, the internationally famous architect and designer

Auction 18.06.2003
18 Jun 2003
Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,304 - US$13,287
Price realised:
£4,780
ca. US$7,939
Auction archive: Lot number 240

An impressive and rare collection of approximately one hundred and ten maps, pilgrims' guides, travellers' handbooks, city plans, etc., formed by Dr. Bernard Rudofsky, the internationally famous architect and designer

Auction 18.06.2003
18 Jun 2003
Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,304 - US$13,287
Price realised:
£4,780
ca. US$7,939
Beschreibung:

An impressive and rare collection of approximately one hundred and ten maps, pilgrims' guides, travellers' handbooks, city plans, etc., formed by Dr. Bernard Rudofsky the internationally famous architect and designer Edo and Meiji Periods (17th-19th Century) The collection includes, among others: a map of Japan dated Genbun 4 (1739); a detailed map of the Kisokaido road with descriptions of inns and their prices dated Horeki 6 (1756); a three-volume book dated Horeki 12 (1762) giving details of Mount Minobu, the centre of the Nichiren sect; a guide to the Tokaido and Kisokaido roads dated Tenmei 5 (1785); a detailed plan of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto dated Kansei 3 (1791) following the rebuilding necessitated by the fire of 1788; a map of Edo dated Bunka 3 (1806); a traveller's guide dated Bunka 7 (1810) containing useful advice on suitable footwear as well as details of reptiles and insects to avoid on the journey; four daimyo [regional feudal lord] directories, showing crests and designs for their retainer' uniforms, lanterns, flags etc., for the years 1761, 1830, 1868 and 1869; a postman's map of a mail round for a district in Tanba (Meiji period); and maps of villages. In addition a collection of approximately one hundred and ten illustrated Japanese woodblock-printed books mainly dating from the Meiji era but with some from earlier eras such as Horeki, Kansei, Bunka, Bunsei, Tempo, Koka, Ka'ei and Ansei, and covering such diverse subjects as the Satsuma rebellion, Anglo-Japanese commercial dictionaries, scientific developments, food, furniture etc, and including several volumes depicting damage caused by earthquakes, fires and tidal waves, and three wood-block triptych prints, including one by Yoshitsuna showing the various fire-brigades of Tokyo in an uki-e landscape setting Varying sizes and conditions: some books incomplete

Auction archive: Lot number 240
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jun 2003
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

An impressive and rare collection of approximately one hundred and ten maps, pilgrims' guides, travellers' handbooks, city plans, etc., formed by Dr. Bernard Rudofsky the internationally famous architect and designer Edo and Meiji Periods (17th-19th Century) The collection includes, among others: a map of Japan dated Genbun 4 (1739); a detailed map of the Kisokaido road with descriptions of inns and their prices dated Horeki 6 (1756); a three-volume book dated Horeki 12 (1762) giving details of Mount Minobu, the centre of the Nichiren sect; a guide to the Tokaido and Kisokaido roads dated Tenmei 5 (1785); a detailed plan of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto dated Kansei 3 (1791) following the rebuilding necessitated by the fire of 1788; a map of Edo dated Bunka 3 (1806); a traveller's guide dated Bunka 7 (1810) containing useful advice on suitable footwear as well as details of reptiles and insects to avoid on the journey; four daimyo [regional feudal lord] directories, showing crests and designs for their retainer' uniforms, lanterns, flags etc., for the years 1761, 1830, 1868 and 1869; a postman's map of a mail round for a district in Tanba (Meiji period); and maps of villages. In addition a collection of approximately one hundred and ten illustrated Japanese woodblock-printed books mainly dating from the Meiji era but with some from earlier eras such as Horeki, Kansei, Bunka, Bunsei, Tempo, Koka, Ka'ei and Ansei, and covering such diverse subjects as the Satsuma rebellion, Anglo-Japanese commercial dictionaries, scientific developments, food, furniture etc, and including several volumes depicting damage caused by earthquakes, fires and tidal waves, and three wood-block triptych prints, including one by Yoshitsuna showing the various fire-brigades of Tokyo in an uki-e landscape setting Varying sizes and conditions: some books incomplete

Auction archive: Lot number 240
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jun 2003
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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