- 211
Japan--Takai, Ranzan and Keinen Nakamura.
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Edo osetsu yo kainai zo [Grand Calendar of Edo]. Tokyo, 1864
2 volumes, 4to (260 x 180mm.), xylographic printing thoughout, numerous coloured woodcuts, maps and views, light pencil annotations by owner, original yellow-stitched embossed paper covers, red pasted-on titles, covers very lightly soiled
Provenance
Carlos A. Mignacco, bookplate
Catalogue Note
A Japanese encyclopaedia or "book of knowledge" with extensive sections on geographical and social matters. Volume one covers the heavens, and volume two, the Earth, including a world map, maps of Japan, views of the principal cities, festivals, processions and landscapes.