Iconography of Tropical Plants VII. Complete Set 
by Kenneth Ting-Yu Lin
25.2 x 18 cm, 7 volumes
854 pages
Silkscreen, Laser & Riso Print

Edition of 18
June 2026

"Iconography of Tropical Plants in Taiwan" is originally a photographic collection of tropical plants photographed at the Taipei Botanical Garden before World War II. At the time, the climate of  Japan did not allow tropical plants to be cultivated under natural conditions. Consequently, after Taiwan became a Japanese territory, the cultivation and development of tropical plants became one of the key objectives of the colonial administration. Very little is known about the author, Yakuro Kudo (1889–?), and no photographs of him are known to survive. It is only known that he worked as a plant cultivation technician at the Taipei Botanical Garden.
Published over a span of fourteen years (1929–1943), "Iconography of Tropical Plants in Taiwan" consists of six volumes documenting 180 species. It remains Taiwan’s earliest and most comprehensive visual record devoted to tropical plants. 

The VII Complete Set contains the entire remake of the old "Six Volumes" + "Vol.VII", the remake of physical existence(paper, size, binding structure) but the images and text inside the book become "shadow", a sun-burned like, but shimmering shadow. 




Book photo credit : Wang Chung-Ping
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