Stringbound folio in publisher's colour illustrated wrappers. The original wrappers mounted on new green paper boards and preserved to 95 % with small losses only in margins. New green silk ties. Housed in a tasteful green custom-made cloth box. First and last page professionally repaired in outer margin, not concerning the text or the illustrations. Half title a bit smudged, else a clean and fresh copy in all aspects. Illustrated with 14 tissue guarded full page coloured plates on special paper, 40 black and white full page plates and 26 b/w illustrations in the text. XII, 136 p. + illustrations.
J. Conder was a British architect who got very attached to Japan. The book is not only dealing with flower arrangements season for season, but also ceremonies and customs related to this tradition.