Bishop (Isabella L.). Views in the Far East, 1st edition, Tokyo: S. Kajima, circa 1890

Bishop (Isabella Lucy, née Bird). Views in the Far East, photographed by Isabella L. Bishop, F.R.G.S., 1st edition, Tokyo: S. Kajima, n.d. [1896], 60 collotype plates after photographs, comprising 37 of China, 12 of of Korea and 11 of Japan, each with printed caption at foot, original floral decorated moiré silk boards, fore-edges a little frayed, small oblong folio (17.5 x 23 cm) (Quantity: 1) See Deborah Ireland, Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels through China, 1894-1896, (Feltham, AE Publications, 2015). An important collection of collotypre plates by Seibei Kojima after photographs taken on her travels in China, Japan and Korea by Isabella Bishop (née Bird), the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.