[In Japanese] Bankoku Tokai Nendaiki [A Chronicle of Foreign Relations].

£3,750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

Europeans as seen by the Japanese 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.

• Binding: Hardcover

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