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Book illustration has a long history, believed to date as far back as ancient Egypt, when funerary texts called the “Book of The Dead” were filled with hieroglyphs and detailed drawings of the soul’s path from the body.
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"Honzo Zufu" (illustrated book of plants), compiled by Iwasaki Kan'en (c.1844) | THE UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OF THIS IMAGE IS PROHIBITED
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