Kyoto (Japan). The Album of the Hirase Conchological Museum. 1915.

Illustrated museum handbook, with text in Japanese and English.

Kyoto (Japan). The Album of the Hirase Conchological Museum.  1915.  34 leaves : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 15 x 22 cm. Cloth-backed silk-lined paper boards with printed illustrated label on front panel; spine has old tape; covers dust soiled, corners chipped; rear board creased. Paper bound Japanese-style, with leaves joined at fore-edge.

Yoichiro Hirase was a Japanese malacologist and business man. His son, Shintaro Hirase, was also a malacologist. The majority of his collection of molluscs were destroyed during World War II (Wikipedia).