Tama kagami

1901. GYOKUNEN, Kobayashi. Tama kagami. [Jewel Mirror.] 2 volumes. Volume 1[Heaven]:Unpaginated, 1 folding colour plate, [1] pp. text, 24 single page colour plates. Volume 2 [Earth]: 1 folding colour plate, 25 single page colour plates, [2] pp. text. 255 x 170 mm, stab bound in publisher's wraps. Kyoto: Fujisawa Shuppanbu, Meiji 34 [1901]. An exceptionally beautiful example of a so-called "sample book", which is divided into two volumes: Heaven and Earth. Of the greatest rarity with OCLC listing only the copy at the Diet Library.