Europeans as seen by the Japanese
KARITSU, Gaishi.
[In Japanese] Bankoku Tokai Nendaiki [A Chronicle of Foreign Relations].
Edo, Goshudo, n.d. [circa 1854].
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A rare and very attractive small Japanese publication recording European voyages to Japan prior to the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1854 in its original fukurotoji binding. The two fine hand-coloured woodcuts show a Dutch vessel in Nagasaki Bay (double-page), and a Russian naval officer (single page).
15 x 8 cms, title, 52pp., text, 2 coloured woodblock prints (1 double-page), original blue wrappers, title to wrapper, stitched as issued, original(?) fold-over protective case, modern blue morocco-backed box, small worm track slightly affecting last 3 leaves, else a fine example.
15 x 8 cms, title, 52pp., text, 2 coloured woodblock prints (1 double-page), original blue wrappers, title to wrapper, stitched as issued, original(?) fold-over protective case, modern blue morocco-backed box, small worm track slightly affecting last 3 leaves, else a fine example.
Stock code 98511
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[In Japanese] Bankoku Tokai Nendaiki [A Chronicle of Foreign Relations].
Regular price
$5,149.00
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$5,149.00
Regular price
[AUSTRALIA].
Journal of our Voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, Australia in the Ship Marco Polo.
22nd June - 8th or 9th November, 1854.
$5,149.00
