The Artistic Garden of Japan (Complete in 3 Vols.)

Tokyo: Rikotosho Co, 1957. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome example of the 1957 1st edition, complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes tight and VG+ or better in their oatmeal cloth, with decorative blindstamping and crisp, unflecked lettering at the front panels and spines. Tall quartos, detailed black-and-white photography thruout charting the growth and development of the Japanese garden up thru the eras. This set has the bookplate in each volume --and came from library of-- Mary Griggs Burke, the late 20th/early 21st century American collector who had amassed the largest private collection of Japanese art ourside of Japan.