Kosho Gijutsu: Miyako no Sakigake

1883. ISHIDA Aritoshi. Kosho Gijutsu: Miyako no Sakigake. [Kyoto's Commercial and Industrial Enterprises]. 2 volumes. 350 ff., illustrated throughout with copperplate prints. 8vo, 110 x 145 mm, stab bound in publisher's original wrappers, preserved in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Ishida Gojiro, Meiji 16 [1883]. A splendid and charming piece of bookmaking, this work garnered significant attention as a comprehensive directory of Kyoto's commercial and industrial businesses during the Meiji era. Against the backdrop of Kyoto's economic resurgence following the Meiji Restoration, the numerous exquisite copperplate engravings provide a detailed portrayal of local merchants, craftsmen, and their establishments. Some wear to covers, stitching and extremities, with light water staining to margins of one of the volumes, but overall in very good condition. Extremely arre with OCLC showing copies only in the National Diet Library and Waseda.