Yoichiro Hirase, Kai Senshu, Four Volumes, Japan, also known as Kai Chigusa, "One Thousand Species of Shells," published by Unsodo, Kyoto, 1914-22, each volume with twenty double-page full-color woodblock prints, text in Japanese, with plate listings in Japanese and Latin and English preface in volume two, all with original orange silk covers, 9 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.

Note: Ten volumes were planned, but only four were realized, later volumes had a limited press run.
Estimate $2,000-4,000


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