Finely Written Manuscript On Paper Complete Entitled Kankai Ibun Observation In Foreign

by Gentaku Otsuki

$30,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

68 single-page illus., 25 double-page illus., & several other illus. which continue for three or four pages, all finely handcolored. 16 vols. Large 8vo 280 x 187 mm. , orig. gold speckled blue wrappers occasional minor worming , stitched as issued, orig. block printed title label on each upper cover. N.p.: ca. 1818. An early copy of this famous and sensational text, which circulated in manuscript in Japan throughout the 19th century. Its account of

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