Graphic Scenes of the Japan Expedition
$15,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
Expertly bound to style in half purple morocco over period purple cloth covered boards. An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan. William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855, and the following year the present volume was issued, in a
- Binding: Leather
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