M. Dubois de Jancigny - l'Univers: Japon (Sakoku tijdperk), Indo-Chine - 1850

l'Univers: Japon, Indo-Chine Limited luxury edition in half-leather. First edition, 1850 - 665 pp. Japan during the 'Sakoku', the Tokugawa Shogunate isolation era. See the elaborately detailed engraving of Nagasaki with the Dejima island set up for trade as the sole trading post for all of Japan. Japan: pp. 1-229. Contains a folding map of Japan 25 x 22 cm. Also 15 hand-engraved steel engravings of people, scenes, vistas, shrines. Indo-China: Burma, Siam (Thailand), Malaya, Ceylon 231-662 pp. Contains map of Burma and surrounding areas, map of Ceylon. Also 6 hand-engraved steel engravings of people, scenes, vistas, shrines. Table des matières 664-665 pp. Placement des gravures Condition: Good. scattered browning. Paper otherwise clean and odorless. Fine half-leather binding with title lettering on the spine. Shipping registered and insured. NOTE: Bidders in Japan pay especially low shipping costs: €15

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