Anderson, William (British, 1842–1900) Salwey, Charlotte Maria [née Birch] (British, 1847–1938)
McLagan & Cumming [McLagan and Cumming] (Edinburgh, lithographic printer, fl. 1872–1960s) Ballantyne Press [Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.] (Edinburgh, printer, fl. 1796–1916)
Description: Hardcover, 31.5 x 25 cm, yellow cloth adorned with stylized lettering and coloured design elements, blue endpapers, all margins red; Errata slip tipped in p.1. Lacks dust jacket. Inset: newspaper clipping titled "Facsimile of the fan distributed after the Tien-Tsin Massacre".
Title-page: Fans of Japan | BY | CHARLOTTE M. SALWEY | née BIRCH | WITH INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM ANDERSON, F.R.C.S. | LATE OF H. M’S. LEGATION, JAPAN | AND | WITH TEN FULL-PAGE COLOURED PLATES, AND THIRTY-NINE | ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK AND WHITE | {publisher’s device} | LONDON | KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. LTD | PATERNOSTER HOUSE, CHARRING CROSS ROAD | 1894 ||
Pagination: [i-vi] vii-xix [xx] [1] 2-148 [4]; total 172 pages.
Collation: 4to; π10 A-T4 (total 86 leaves) plus 10 colour plates with tissue guards and 39 b/w in-text illustrations. Plate I pasted in a kind of matt, though with red margins as all other pages.
Printer: Ballantyne, Hanson and Co.
Chromo-lithographer: McLagan and Cumming (Edinburgh)
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.
Charles Kegan Paul (British, 1828 – 1902) – publisher.
Author: Charlotte Maria Salwey [née Birch] (British, b. 1847 – after 1919).
Introduction: William Anderson (British, 1842 – 1900)
Dedicatee: Dr. Samuel Birch (British, 1813 – 1885)
| Collection | Fan print (Uchiwa-e) [団扇絵] , Illustrated books , Japan: art, history, literature , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Late 19th century |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Media/Technique | Chromolithography , Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | Culture , Edo period , Fan , History , Illustrated books , Japan , Japanese art |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1894 |
| Binding | Cloth , Hardcover |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
