Author's presentation copy of the first and only edition of a description of Japan by the Dutch naval commander Willem Johan Cornelis Huyssen van Kattendyke (1816-1866), recording events of his service in Nagasaki and surroundings in 1857, 1858 and 1859. It is a revised excerpt from his diary, with a lithographed map by H.O. Wichers, based on the maps and measurements of Von Siebold and recent measurements by Huyssen van Kattendyke's colleagues. It describes the last years of Japan's sakoku policy.
With the author's presentation label on the inside of the front wrapper: "Present-Exemplaar van den Schrijver". Library stamps and labels on front cover, flyleaf and title-page. Book block detached, spine damaged, repaired with clear tape. With some occasional minor spots, but otherwise internally still a good copy. Cat. NHSM, p. 478; Cordier, Japonica, col. 552; map not in Walter; for the author: NNBW V, col. 254.