ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAPAN; CONSISTING OF PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND ANECDOTES OF THE REIGNING DYNASTY OF THE DJOGOUNS, OR SOVEREIGNS OF JAPAN

by 19TH Century Western Accounts Of Japan - Culture

$16,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1822 . 300 x 235 mm. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 . xvi, 325, 1 pp.Translated by Frederic Shoberl. First English Edition. Imposing contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco, gilt, covers with filigree frame with densely massed scrolling fleurons, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with radiating viny scrolls surrounded by leaves and annular dots, marbled

• Binding: Leather

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