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Most complete edition

FRAISSINET, Édouard.
Le Japon. Histoire et description. Rapports avec les Européens. Expédition Américaine.

With a large engraved folding map (345 x 310 mm) of Japan

With a large engraved folding map (345 x 310 mm) of Japan

With a large engraved folding map (345 x 310 mm) of Japan



Paris, The widow Bouchard-Huzard for Arthus Bertrand, (1864). 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary half purple morocco, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, red sprinkled edges. With a large engraved folding map (345 x 310 mm) of Japan "d'apres les plus recentes cartes anglaises et russes" by V.A. Malte-Brun with hand-coloured outlines and a folding table of the islands of Japan, both in the second volume. (4), 499, (1); XII, 523, (1) pp.

Second and most complete edition of this interesting description and history of Japan by Edouard Fraissinet. The work contains an elaborate description of the Japanese civilisation during the 19th century and contentrates upon it's relation with the Western countries and especially upon the trade with the Dutch. To this edition have been added 3 chapters and a map, dated 1864. The first volume contains 31 chapters on the history and mythology of Japan, the discovery of Japan by Western countries, the relationship between the Dutch and the Japanese (chapter 14-22 and 27-31) and the English and the Japanese (chapter 23-26). The second volume contains 28 chapters on the relation of Japan with France, Russia, China and Korea, on the religions of Japan (9 chapters with one dedicated to the Mission of Saint Francois Xavier) and on the customs, industry, agriculture of Japan. The last chapter is devoted to the American expedition to Japan.

Very fine set.- (Introduction is bound to the second part, some insignificant foxing in text).
Cordier,Japonica, 518; Alt-Japan-Katalog 495.

Related Subjects: History  Japan  Mission  Religion  Trade 

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