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MONTANUS, ARNOLDUS. Atlas Japannensis; being, Remarkable Addresses by Way of Embassy . . . to the Emperor of Japan. 1670

MONTANUS, ARNOLDUS. Atlas Japannensis; being, Remarkable Addresses by Way of Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Emperor of Japan. English translation by John Ogilby. 24 double-page engraved plates; 70 text illustrations; double-page folding map. [6], 488, [1], including engraved additional title and plate list at end. Folio, 410x266 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, hinges reinforced; contents lightly dampwrinkled but generally clean with only occasional light marginal foxing and soiling, repaired clean tear in upper inner corner of additional title, small repair on verso of plate between pages 100 and 101, small piece torn off blank lower margin of T3, small browned area in upper inner corner of page 385 and facing plate verso showing through on plate recto, moderate foxing on plate list. handsome copy./span London: Tho. Johnson for the Author, 1670

  • Notes: first edition in english of a 1669 work in Dutch on Dutch East India Company embassies to Japan, describing the country and its inhabitants, customs, religious practices, etc. Cordier (Japonica) 384; Landwehr VOC 524; Wing M2485.

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