Catalogue of an exhibition of Japanese colored prints and illustrated books
A catalogue issued by the Grolier Club of New York in 1889 for an exhibition of Japanese colour prints and illustrated books, held for collectors and bibliophiles. The picture is a decorative initial C, a woodcut-style letter framed by foliage, with a deer standing inside the curve of the letter. A designer might take from it the idea of a historical initial letter whose ornament grows out of the letterform and fills the counters with a small scene.
