Montanus, Arnoldus.

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

Atlas Japannensis: being Remarkable Addresses by way of Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Emperor of Japan. London: Tho. Johnson, 1670
paper

First edition in English, folio (410 x 255mm.), engraved additional pictorial title, folding map, 23 (of 24) double-page and/or folding plates and plans, numerous illustrations in text, nineteenth-century calf gilt with Botfield arms on sides, lacking plate of Dayboth's Temple and text leaves 2O2 and 2R3, plates somewhat browned

Catalogue Note

Translated from Montanus's edition of 1669, Ogilby's Atlas Japannensis is a detailed account of the wealth and wonders of Japan. It remains one of the most important works on Japan published in the seventeenth century, and includes fine town views of Edo (Tokyo), Osaka and the Dutch trading settlement Deshima.