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Extensive discussion of Japan and the Japanese

[JAPAN].
Neuestes Gemälde, von Japan und den Japanern. Nach den neuesten Reisen eines Krusenstern, Langsdorf und Golownin, mit steter Vergleichung der ältern Berichte von Kämpfer, Thunberg und andern. Nebst einem Abriß der zweyjährigen Gefangenschaft Golownins und seiner Gefährten in diesem Lande.

With a folding engraved frontispiece depicting Japanese women in their library and 14 engraved plates (7 in each volume).

With a folding engraved frontispiece depicting Japanese women in their library and 14 engraved plates (7 in each volume).

With a folding engraved frontispiece depicting Japanese women in their library and 14 engraved plates (7 in each volume).

With a folding engraved frontispiece depicting Japanese women in their library and 14 engraved plates (7 in each volume).



Pesth, Hartlebens Verlag, 1821. 2 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary marbled boards. With a folding engraved frontispiece depicting Japanese women in their library and 14 engraved plates (7 in each volume). [4], 264; [4], 234, [2] pp.

First edition of a work on Japan and the Japanese, from the series Miniaturgemälde aus der Länder- und Völkerkunde. It very extensively discusses subjects such as the arrival of the Russians in Nagasaki, the trade with the Chinese and Dutch in Deshima, religion, the journey of the Russian Captain Golownin to Japan and the army of Japan.
Bindings slightly worn. A good set.
Alt-Japan-Kat. 556; WorldCat (2 copies); not in Cordier, Japonica.

Related Subjects: 19th Century  Cartography  Japan  Russia 

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