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Bairei Gakan (Drawing methods of Bairei).

Osaka, Meiji 36 [1903]. Printed by Chinzei, published by Shigemoto. 7 volumes. 8vo (217 x 132mm). With well over 100 coloured double page woodblock printed plates measuring 220 x 265mm. 7 orihon folding albums in green brocade covered boards.

A fine complete set in the original clasped chitsu case with printed title labels. The 7 albums mostly show flowers and animal life, occasionally landscapes and Japanese people. The work spans the full breath of Bairei's subjects. Kõno Bairei (1844-1895) was a Japanese style painter who lived in Kyoto. "His style is full of strong brush strokes, traditional charm and sensitivity. He was especially adept at drawing and illustrating birds and flowers in the Kacho style... " (Roberts, Dictionary of Japanese artists p. 8). Mitchell p. 216 (not giving a date).

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[Collection of Eight Ming Picture Albums] Toshi Gogon, Baichiku Rangiku, Mokuhon Kacho, Sohon Kashi, Kokon Gafu, Meiko Senfu, Toshi Rokugon, Toshi Shichigon.

Kyoto, Nakagawa Mohee, 1710. 8 volumes. 8vo (282 x 195mm). With 421 full-page woodblock illustrations of which 213 are related to natural history. Contemporary original stitched bindings, with calligraphic titleslips (preserved in a recent blue folding box).

The most beautifully illustrated Chinese book of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Eight unrelated volumes have been published by different authors and artists within a period of a few years (1620-1628). The order of the publication of the volumes is subject to controversy. Each volume has a different title. The eight works are known as 'Hasshu Gafu', but this collective title does not appear anywhere in the volumes. The single Chinese edition was published in the early 1620's. The books were imported into Japan and issued, first in 1672. Our copy is the second Japanese edition of 1710. The book is a great rarity. The Chinese edition, absent in all Western collections is unobtainable. Three complete copies of the first Japanese edition have been located. The second Japanese edition has been described by Mitchell, New York City Public Library, p. 289 and Kraft, Berlin Public Library, no. 224. Several libraries preserve one, two, three or four volumes out of eight. The Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale has 3 volumes of the second Japanese edition. According to Japanese specialists, the publication of 'Hasshu Gafu' had a considerable impact on Japanese painters of the 17th and 18th century and is considered as the first great pictorial source on Chinese painting for Japanese artists. The work is composed as follows: 1. Toshi Gogon. Illustration of five verse poems of the T'ang Dynasty, (618-906). 50 single page illustrations. 2. Baichiku Rangiku, dated Wan-li 48 (=1620). Illustrations of Plums, Bamboo, Orchids and Chrisanthemums. 98 single page illustrations. 3. Mokuhon Kacho, dated T'ien-ch'i 1 (=1621). Illustrations of flowers and birds. 44 single page illustrations. 4. Sohon Kashi, dated T'ien-ch'i 1 (=1621). Illustrations of flowering plants. 45 single page illustrations. 5. Kokon Gafu. Ancient and modern paintings. 46 single- page illustrations 6. Meiko Senfu. Fan paintings. 47 double-page illustrations. 7. Toshi Rokugon. Illustration book of Chinese poems in the 'rokugon style', 40 single page illustrations. 8. Toshi Shichigon. Illustration book of Chinese poems in the 'shichigon style', highly estimated during the T'ang dynasty (618-906). 50 single page illustrations. This volume has a slightly different decoration pattern of the covers than the others. The third volume 'Mokuhon Kacho' has some considerable marginal worming at the upper margin of 7 leaves. A well preserved set, a few leaves with some occasional insignificant wormholes. Mitchell p. 289.

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Bairei Kachõ Gafu (Bairei's album of flower and bird pictures).

Tokyo, Okura Shoten, Meiji 32 [1899]. 2 volumes. Folio (370 x245mm). With 50 full-page coloured woodblock printed plates (on handmade paper). In original stitched binding.

One of the most attractive late Meiji works on flowers and birds and one of the very few Japanese works to render birds at such a large format. "This work is considered one of the most beautiful of the later fully colored ehon. Its extremely decorative style is in marked constrast with the same artist's earlier collection of chrysanthenum pictures, in which the tints vary only from black to grey and from deep orange ro very pale orange" (Bartlett & Shohara 96). Each volume Spring & Summer and Fall & Winter consists of 25 images. Kõno Bairei was one of the last of the artists who illustrated plants for wood-block printing and whose work is considered by critics as important. Mitchell 217; Bartlett & Shohara 96; Brindle & White, Talking in flowers: Japanese botanical art, 22.

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Bunrei Kacho Gafu (Album of drawings of flowers and birds by Bunrei).

Yokohama, Meiji, 18 [1885]. 2 volumes. Folio (355 x 245mm). With 100 full-page coloured woodblock printed plates of which 32 double-page. In original stitched bindings.

Published by Hobu Shokai, with an introduction by Kikuchi Yosai and illustrated by Maekawa Bunrei. These superb large plates are based on Bairei's much smaller album of 100 birds (1881), and transformed in this larger format. A beautifully produced work, printed in black with greys and a few subtle tints. A fine copy. Mitchell p. 230.

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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=7570&s_currency= CHOMEL, N.

Dictionnaire oeconomique, contenant divers moyens d'augmenter son bien, et de conserver sa santé. Avec plusieurs remedes assurez et eprouvez, pour un tres grand nombre de maladies, & de beaux secrets pour parvenir à une longue & heureuse vieillesse. Quantité de moyens pour élever, nourrir, guérir & faire profiter toutes sortes d'animaux domestiques; comme Brebis, Moutons, Boeufs, Chevaux, Mulets, Poules, Abeilles, & Vers à soie. Differens filets pour la pêche de toutes sortes de poissons, & pour la chasse de toutes sortes d'oiseaux & animaux, &c. ...

Amsterdam, Jean Cóvens & Corn. Mortier, 1732-1740. 4 volumes bound in 2 (including 2 supplementary volumes). Folio (385 x 250mm). pp. (8), including engraved coat of arms, 424; pp. (2), 400; pp. (8), 496; pp. (2), 482, with 12 (1 double page) engraved plates and numerous engravings and woodcuts in the text. Contemporary calf, richly decorated gilt spines in 8 compartments, blind tooled sides.

A beautifully bound copy of the 3rd augmented edition. The first edition appeared in 1709 and was printed in Lyon. The work became very popular and many editions followed, it was translated into Dutch, German and English. Noël Chomel was a student of La Quintinie, the gardener of Louis XIV. He became 'médicin ordinaire du Roi, et Professeur au Jardin royal' (Davy de Virville p. 104). The work is an attractive illustrated dictionary of agriculture, treating, gardening, botany, hunting, breading of animals, bee-keeping, medicine, vineyards etc. Chomel's work was brought by the Dutch to Japan and was translated into Japanese 'the encyclopedia that proved so useful to the Japanese' (Blussé a.o. Bridging the divide, 400 years The Netherlands - Japan, p. 111). Vicaire 173; Oberlé, Une Bibl. Bachique, 85 (listing the 3rd Lyon edition).

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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=7279&s_currency= SCHLECHTER, R.

Orchideologiae Sino-Japonicae Prodromus. Eine kritische Besprechung der Orchideen Ost-Asiens.

Dahlem bei Berlin, Verlag des Repertoriums, 1919. 8vo (252 x 165mm). pp. (4), 319. Publisher's printed wrappers.

Stafleu & Cowan 10.781. Important contribution to orchids of China and Japan by a famous orchidologist. Published as 'Beihefte 4, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg.' Some damage to frontwrapper.

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Florae Javae et insularum adjacentium nova series. Tomus primus: ORCHIDEAE.

Leiden, by the author/ Amsterdam, Sulpke, 1858. Folio (425 x 265mm). pp.(8), vi, 162, with 70 lithographed plates of which one double-page and 56 finely handcoloured. Contemporary half calf gilt.

The rare supplement to Rumphius' 'Flora Javae'. It was the only supplement published of this important work on the botany of Java and the only volume to appear also in French. The first major work on the orchids of Indonesia. Karl Ludwig Blume (1796-1862) was a German-born Dutch botanist who travelled and worked in Java, where he was the first director of the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden. He later became director of the Leiden Rijksherbarium. Most of the beautiful illustrations are done after drawings by A.J. Wendel; all are lithographed by the well-known Belgian artist G. Severeyns. The plain plates are of botanical details and were never coloured. Blume saw himself as continuing Rumpf's pioneering work and indeed was acknowlegded as his spiritual disciple with the cognomen 'Rumphius'. Stafleu & Cowan 568; Nissen BBI, 174; Great Flower Books p. 50.

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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=6957&s_currency= [MITSUKURI GENPO] SYNTAXIS OF WOORDVOEGING DER NEDERDUITSCHE TAAL,

Uitgegeven door de Maatschappij tot nut van 't algemeen.

Leyden, Deventer en Groningen, bij D. du Mortier en Zoon, a.o. 1810. [Oranda Bunten kohen sekuron. Edo, Kaei 1 (1848). 8vo (260 x 180mm). 49 leaves, with woodcut frontispiece of a Dutch school, showing children and the master with a whip. Additional Japanese and Dutch title at the beginning and at the end. Original paper wrappers, with printed label in Japanese on frontcover, bound in the Japanese manner.

Text entirely executed in woodcut, printed on Japanese rice paper. Included is a letter of the librarian of the 'Ministerie van Kolonien', saying that the book had been part of their library but was sold in 1895 to the The Hague firm Nijhoff. The text of the Dutch edition was first written out by hand and than engraved in relief. The present work is the rare first edition of the first syntax of the Dutch language printed in Japan. Mitsukuri Genpo was one of the well known Dutch scholars, rangakusha, who introduced through Dutch studies Western learning to Japan. Provenance: Small circular library stamp 'Ministerie van Kolonien'. Kerlen p. 523.

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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=6871&s_currency= KAEMPFER, E.

De Beschryving van Japan, behelsende een verhaal van den ouden en tegenwoordigen staat en regeering van dat ryk, van deszelfs tempels, paleysen, kasteelen en andere gebouwen;van deszelfs metalen, mineralen, boomen, planten, dieren, vogelen en visschen... benevens eene beschryving van het Koningryk Siam.

Amsterdam, Jan Roman de Jonge, 1733. Folio (335 x 210mm). pp. (4), 50, 500, with 48 engraved plates, many double-page including folding maps. Contemporary blind pressed vellum.

Second Dutch edition of this great classic on Japan and the chief source of western knowledge on this country. Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716) was a German physician in the service of the Dutch East India Company. "He remained in Nagasaki from September 1690 to October 1692 and twice accompanied the chief of the factory at Deshima on his embassy to Edo (now Tokyo). In Nagasaki he made a profound study of Japanese history, geography, customs, and flora... it contains an account of his journey, a history and description of Japan and its fauna, a description of Nagasaki and Deshima; a report on two embassies to Edo with a description of the cities which were visited on the way; and six appendixes, on tea, Japanese paper, acupuncture, moxa, ambergris, and Japan's seclusion policy" (DSB). In November 1692 he left Japan for Java and Europe, and in October 1693 he landed at Amsterdam. Receiving the degree of M.D. at Leiden, he settled down in his native city, becoming also physician to the count of Lippe. He died at Lemgo on the 2nd of November 1716. The present work was first written in German but the English translation appeared first in print. Landwehr, VOC, 531; Cordier 418.

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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=6870&s_currency= POMPE VAN MEERDERVOORT, J.L.

Vijf jaren in Japan. (1857-1863). Bijdragen tot de kennis van het Japansche Keizerrijk en zijne bevolking.

Leiden, Van den Heuvell & Van Santen, 1867-1868. 2 volumes. 8vo (245 x 160mm). pp. xii, 335, (i); pp. vi, 357, (i), with 2 coloured frontispieces, 12 plates of which 10 coloured and 1 coloured folding map. Publisher's pictorial wrappers (spines repaired).

First and only edition. During the 1850s the Tokugawa government decided to strengthen its nationaldefense and invited naval officers and technicians to Nagasaki. One of them was J. Pompe van Meerdervoort, a naval surgeon from the Netherlands. He was asked by the Japanese authorities to establish a new system of medical education in Nagasaki. Assisted by Matsumoto Ryôjun and Shiba Ryôkai he established a western style hospital with 124 beds and a medical school. When Pompe left Japan England, France and the USA were already strengthening their pressure on Japan to open up the country, and the Dutch influence, that had continued for 250 years, gradually began to decline. Nevertheless Pompes achievements and the outstanding role he played in the modernization of Japanese medicine are highly esteemed in Japan. Later in 1865 the school's name was changed to Seitoku-Kan and after the Meiji-Restauration, it became the origin of the Medical School of Nagasaki University. Pompe's memoirs "Five years in Japan" describe the changing international situation in East Asia together with his medical activities and many observations on the Japanese society at his time. Pompe also experimented with photography, collaborating with some pupils he had taken over from his predecessor, Dr. J.K. van den Broek. Van den Broek was the first to introduce photography in Japan during the years he practised there (1853-1857). Under his tuition, a Japanese doctor, Keisai, was learning to take photographs using the daguerreotype process invented in 1839. Among Pompe's students was the first professional photographer in Japan, Ueno Hikoma. He opened a photographic studio in Nagasaki in 1862. Another of Pompe's students, Uchida Kyuichi, became famous as the first photographer ever to photograph the Emperor and Empress. Most plates show Japanese people in costumes, the frontispiece in vol. 1 shows the bay of Nagasaki and the frontispiece in vol. 2 shows the medical hospital at Nagasaki. Provenance: Bookplate of C.C. Krieger. Cordier 588; Tiele 873; Landwehr, 'Dutch Books with coloured plates', 395.

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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=6869&s_currency= MEIJLAN, G.F.

Japan. Voorgesteld in schetsen over de zeden en gebruiken van dat rijk, bijzonder over de ingezetenen der stad Nagasaky, door C.F. Meijlan Opperhoofd aldaar. Uitgegeven door Mr. J.H. Tobias.

Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1830. 8vo (210 x 125mm). pp. (14), 190, with charming handcolouredtitle-vignette heightened with gold and 2 folded aquatint plates. Later half green cloth, marbled sides.

First and only edition. "Germain Felix Meijlan (1785-1831) entered the Dutch East India Company in 1806. From 1827 to 1830 he was the head of the company's factory in Nagasaki. It was during his period of office on Dejima that there occurred the notorious 'Siebold affair,' which called for the utmost discretion on his part in order to affect an amicable solution. Meanwhile he had begun to devote himself to a survey of Japanese foreign trade, the results of this study appearing posthumously in his 'Geschiedkundig oversigt van den handel der Europezen op Japan' (1833). It appears that he was contemplating a sequel to the present volume, this to center around impressions gained during his visit to Edo in 1830, but his untimely death thwarted any such plans. The present work was completed in the spring of 1829 and is concerned chiefly with the author's observations of life and conditions in Nagasaki. It is divided into fifteen chapters treating of such diverse topics as the government of the town of Nagasaki and that of Japan as a whole, the island of Dejima, Japanese religion and festivals and including a short sketch of the Japanese language" (Nipponalia, XVI). Alt-Japan-Kat. 1001; Cordier 486; Tiele, 754.

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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=6867&s_currency= CASEMBROOT, F. DE.

De Medusa in de Wateren van Japan, in 1863 en 1864.

s'Gravenhage, de gebroeders van Cleef, 1865. 8vo (220 x 135mm). pp. xii, (2), 150, with 5 folded coloured maps. Contemporary half red calf, gilt lettering on spine, sides gilt pictorial cloth, gilt edges (small repair to foot of spine).

Rare first edition. A very interesting association copy with a warm and highly charming dedication from the author to his son: "Aan Leonard Willem de Casembroot van zynen hem hartelijk liefhebbenden vader, s'Hage 1865, 29 Aug." as well as a later dated note of 20 March 1897 that the book should now be kept for Robert's son on free endpaper, visiting-card of F. de Casembroot, Vice-Admiral e.r. Mauritskade 4, inserted, as well as a Japanese woocut map on Japanese paper, with English text, similar but not identical to the last map in the book, as well as newspaper cuttings dated 20 october 1865 describing the fighting of the 'Medusa' in Japan, also newspaper cuttings of 16 april 1895 concerning the death of F. de Casembroot. "On 11 July 1863 the Dutch corvette 'Medusa', commanded by Lieutenant François Casembroot and on its way to Yokohama, was attacked as it passed through the Straits of Shimonoseki at the entrance of the Inland Sea. It was not the first time that the local daimyô of Nagato had fired on foreign shipping, but ... until then there had been no casualties. This time, as a result of prolonged firing of cannons, during which the 'Medusa' was struck no less than twenty times, four members of her crew were killed and a further five injured. The 'Medusa' put up a brave fight, and managed to sail through the straits and on to her destinantion. This incident led to retaliative measures the following year by Britain, France, the Netherlands, and the United States, which succeeded in quelling the daimyô's ambition and securing a safe passage for foreign shipping through this important stretch of water. Casembroot's own account of the incident and the measures taken to avenge the loss of Dutch lives was published on his return home in 1865. It may be taken as a fair sign of the indignation felt by the Dutch reading public concerning this incident that this slim book went into a second printing within the year of its first publication" (Nipponalia II, VII). The second edition has one frontispiece and only 2 maps. Nipponalia II, VII (second edition); Cordier 579 (second edition); Tiele 234.

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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=6866&s_currency= ASSENDELFT DE CONINGH, C.T. VAN.

Mijn verblijf in Japan.

Amsterdam, gebroeders Kraay, 1856. 8vo (230 x 130mm). pp. (2), vi, 180, with illustration on title.Later half cloth, marbled sides.

First and only edition. "Cornelis Theodoor van Assendelft de Coningh (1824-1890) had been in Japan in 1845 while serving as a junior officer on board a ship of the Dutch East India Company. Although on that occasion scarcely even setting foot on shore, he nevertheless seems to have gained a most favourable impression of the land. It was thus, he writes, with great pleasure that in May of 1851, now captain of the Joän and based in Surabaya, he received orders from the Dutch government to sail once more for Japan. He arrived in Nagasaki in August and stayed for three months, during which time he not only made the notes which form the basis of the present work, but did a small amount of research into records concerning the strange and elusive figure of Count Benyowsky. He is also author of two volumes of memoirs. The present work, a slim volume in paper covers, is as the title suggests a journal of the author's stay in Japan. It is perhaps chiefly of interest for the side-glances it affords on relations between the Dutch in Dejima and the officials of the bakufu" (Nipponalia. Books on Japan in European languages in the library of the Kyoto University of foreign studies, no. xix). Small dampstain to lower magin of title. A fine copy of this rare item. Provenance: Bookplate of C.C. Krieger. Cordier 522.

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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=6824&s_currency= SIEBOLD, P.F. VON.

Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan und dessen Neben- und Schutzländern: jezo mit den südlichen Kurilen, Krafto, Koorai und den Liukiu-Inseln, nach japanischen und europäischen Schriften und eigenen Beobachtungen bearbeitet.

Leiden, Siebold, 1832-1852. 7 parts bound in 6 volumes. Folio (390 x 293mm). Circa 1350 text pageswith 365 fine lithographed plates, including numerous maps, views (many folding or double-page, 1 botanical plate hand-coloured). Contemporary half red morocco, spines in 6 compartments gilt, marbled sides, upper edges gilt.

A very fine copy of the first and only edition of this magnificent publication depicting for the first time on a large scale the ethnography and geography of Japan. The work is of the greatest rarity as probably no more than 100 copies were published. The present copy is the only complete copy to come on the market since decades. The work was privately published by von Siebold and due to financial problems the work was sold to Quaritch, who added title pages and a 3 page collation of the work. Our copy, includes these pages printed by Quaritch and has all the pages and plates called for in the collation. A few copies were issued on large paper, our copy is the normal issue. Not included in the total count of 365 plates are 19 appendix plates of Japanese text (1 plate in Abtheilung 5 and 18 numbered plates in Abtheilung 7), 25 numbered plates of Japanese text Wa Nen Kei "Annales Japonici" as well as 2 unnumbered plates belonging to this section and the lithographed title (Abtheilung 3). All these plates are listed in the Quaritch collation in the section plates 'Stein-tafeln' and for this reason there seems to be some confusion about the total number of plates. The work remained unfinished and 7 parts were published dealing with the following subjects: Mathematical and physical geography of Japan, hydrographical and geological maps, views and tables; People and state, a description of the inhabitants of Japan, their manners and customs, government and administration, with illustrations; Contributions to the history of Japan: mythology, history, archaeology, numismatics, with chronological maps, illustrations and tables; Arts and sciences, in particular the Japanese language and literature, with excerpts from original texts and illustrations; Religion: description of the deities, deified rulers, temples and monasteries, priests, monks and nuns, religious monuments, utensils and dress in Shintoism and Buddhism; Agriculture, industry and commerce with descriptions of related natural products and illustrations of commercial crops, animals, machines and implements; Neighbouring countries of Japan: Ezo with the Southern Kurile Islands, Korea and the Ryukyu Islands. Von Siebold was the most important European scientist who almost single handedly put Japanese studies on the European academic map. In 1823 he was posted to Japan as a surgeon to the Dutch factory on Deshima. He played a significant role in introducing Japan to the West and in his introduction of Western science to Japan. For the illustrations of the present work use was made of Siebold's large ethnographical collection, some 4700 items, which was opened to the public in 1831 and bought by the Dutch government in 1837. The Dutch were the only western nation to trade with Japan from 1639 until the opening of Japan by Perry. Von Siebold (1796-1866) was a German surgeon in service of the Dutch East India Company. 'Despite the restrictions imposed on the freedom of movement of the inhabitants, Siebold found life on the settlement quite comfortable... Since the late eighteenth century, when it had become easier to import and read books in Dutch, groups of scholars had started to engage themselves in the study of Western medicine. Dutch became the medium for these 'Dutch Studies', Rangaku. The main activities of these scholars, 'Rangakusha', were centered around the capital Edo, but all over the country was a growing interest in Western sciences during Siebold's time on Deshima... Soon, Siebold started teaching on a regular basis, mainly on the subjects of the natural sciences and medicine. In return, his students taught him Japanese and a little written Chinese. In addition, his students helped him with his botanical research... Siebold had secured the help of the Japanese painter Kawahara Keiga (1786-1865?) to make visual records of landscapes, buildings and other things which were physically impossible to collect" (K. Vos, 'Assignment Japan, Von Siebold pioneer and collector', pp. 10-13). During Siebold's stay in Edo he met the court astronomer Takahashi Sakuzaemon, the famous geographer Mogami Tokunai and Mamiya Rinzo, who provided Siebold with important information, maps etc. Siebold was expelled from Japan in the autumn of 1829 because maps were considered by the authorities as secret. Siebold had managed already to ship his collection to Batavia. However some of his Japanese friends were imprisoned. Cordier 477-48; Assignment Japan, Von Siebold pioneer and collector pp. 22-25; Nipponalia 1135; Alt-Japan Katalog 1396.

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Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan und dessen Neben- und Schutzländern: jezo mit den südlichen Kurilen, Krafto, Koorai und den Liukiu-Inseln, nach japanischen und europäischen Schriften und eigenen Beobachtungen bearbeitet.

Leiden, Siebold, 1832-1852. 7 parts bound in 7 volumes. Folio (370 x 275mm). With 364 (of 365) plates, many folding or double-page. 19th century half morocco (2 text volumes bound to match).

First and only edition of this magnificent publication depicting for the first time on a large scale the ethnography and geography of Japan. The present copy has 29 plates and 227 text pages in the Ernst Wasmuth Verlag reprint of 1930 and has one plate not called for in the collation made by Bernard Quaritch in 1869, however lacks the frontispiece to the first volume as well as the 'Schilling-Cannstadt Denkmahl' plate. The following text is lacking: Abtheilung I one leaf 'Inhalt des ersten Heftes'; Abtheilung V pp. 45-186; Abtheilung VI pages 65-72; Abtheilung VII pp. 165-328. Not included in the total count of 365 plates are 19 appendix plates of Japanese text (1 plate in Abtheilung 5 and 18 numbered plates in Abtheilung 7), 25 numbered plates of Japanese text Wa Nen Kei "Annales Japonici" as well as 2 unnumbered plates belonging to this section and the lithographed title (Abtheilung 3). All these plates are listed in the Quaritch collation in the section plates 'Stein-tafeln' and for this reason there seems to be some confusion about the total number of plates. A few copies were issued on large paper, our copy is the normal issue. The work remained unfinished and 7 parts were published dealing with the following subjects: Mathematical and physical geography of Japan, hydrographical and geological maps, views and tables; People and state, a description of the inhabitants of Japan, their manners and customs, government and administration, with illustrations; Contributions to the history of Japan: mythology, history, archaeology, numismatics, with chronological maps, illustrations and tables; Arts and sciences, in particular the Japanese language and literature, with excerpts from original texts and illustrations; Religion: description of the deities, deified rulers, temples and monasteries, priests, monks and nuns, religious monuments, utensils and dress in Shintoism and Buddhism; Agriculture, industry and commerce with descriptions of related natural products and illustrations of commercial crops, animals, machines and implements; Neighbouring countries of Japan: Ezo with the Southern Kurile Islands, Korea and the Ryukyu Islands. Von Siebold was the most important European scientist who almost single handedly put Japanese studies on the European academic map. In 1823 he was posted to Japan as a surgeon to the Dutch factory on Deshima. He played a significant role in introducing Japan to the West and in his introduction of Western science to Japan. For the illustrations of the present work use was made of Siebold's large ethnographical collection, some 4700 items, which was opened to the public in 1831 and bought by the Dutch government in 1837. The Dutch were the only western nation to trade with Japan from 1639 until the opening of Japan by Perry. Von Siebold (1796-1866) was a German surgeon in service of the Dutch East India Company. 'Despite the restrictions imposed on the freedom of movement of the inhabitants, Siebold found life on the settlement quite comfortable... Since the late eighteenth century, when it had become easier to import and read books in Dutch, groups of scholars had started to engage themselves in the study of Western medicine. Dutch became the medium for these 'Dutch Studies', Rangaku. The main activities of these scholars, 'Rangakusha', were centered around the capital Edo, but all over the country was a growing interest in Western sciences during Siebold's time on Deshima... Soon, Siebold started teaching on a regular basis, mainly on the subjects of the natural sciences and medicine. In return, his students taught him Japanese and a little written Chinese. In addition, his students helped him with his botanical research... Siebold had secured the help of the Japanese painter Kawahara Keiga (1786-1865?) to make visual records of landscapes, buildings and other things which were physically impossible to collect" (K. Vos, 'Assignment Japan, Von Siebold pioneer and collector', pp. 10-13). During Siebold's stay in Edo he met the court astronomer Takahashi Sakuzaemon, the famous geographer Mogami Tokunai and Mamiya Rinzo, who provided Siebold with important information, maps etc. Siebold was expelled from Japan in the autumn of 1829 because maps were considered by the authorities as secret. Siebold had managed already to ship his collection to Batavia. However some of his Japanese friends were imprisoned. Cordier 477-48; Assignment Japan, Von Siebold pioneer and collector pp. 22-25; Nipponalia 1135; Alt-Japan Katalog 1396.

Order-nr. 5848

EUR 95,000.00


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Wörterbuch der japanischen Sprache.

Erste Lieferung (all published!). Wien, in Commission bei C. Gerold & Sohn, gedruckt bei den P.P. Mechitharisten, 1851. Large-4to. pp. xi, (1), 80, with 80 pages of Japanese text. Original printed wrappers (uncut).

Alt-Japan-Katalog 1142; Pagès. Bibliographie Japonaise 597: "1re livraison, seule publiée"; von Wenckstern 78: "For each of the 1034 words enumerated is given the Chinese sign, the sound in Kata-kana and Romans characters, German and English translation, Japanese synonyms etc." All that has been published of this scarce German/ Japanese dictionary, which is most probably the first of its kind. It comprises the words 'I' through 'Ittan' of the 'I-ro-ha'alphabet. The Japanese letterpress is very finely executed by the wellknown printing-office of the Mechitharists, famous for the printing of oriental languages.

Order-nr. 5793

EUR 1,200.00








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The Floral Art of Japan; being a second and revised edition of the Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement with illustrations by Japanese artists.

Tokio, Kelly and Walsh, 1899. Folio. pp. xi, 142, viii, with 14 coloured plates, 55 outline plates and 39 figures. Original gilt pictorial cloth.

Beautiful book on Japanese flower arrangement. The plates printed by a special process of wood-block printing on fine paper. Josiah Conder was a British architect. He was invited to Japan by the government to design Western-style builings in the capital. He arrived in 1852 and remained until his deatch. Conder's love of the country's culture inspired him to undertake the study of Japanses painting and flower arrangement.

Order-nr. 5157

EUR 1,200.00










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Ohin Igansai.

(Flowering Cherry Blossoms). Kyoto, Bunkyudo, 1891. 2 volumes. Small-8vo. 100 & 88 double folded leaves, with 59 mostly full-page colour printed woodblock plates. Original stitched bindings.

Barlett & Shohara. Japanese Botany ... p. 157. Second edition. The work described 69 varieties of 'sakura', flowering cherry. A beautifully illustrated and very rare work by the celebrated botanist and Dutch scholar, Matsuoka Joan.

Order-nr. 4201

EUR 850.00


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oder Jahrbuch des wissenswürdigsten aus der Kunde fremder Länder und Völker.

Nach den besten vorhandenen Quellen herausgegeben von einem Vereine Gelehrter. Zweiter Band (:) KAISERREICH JAPAN. Karlsruhe, Kunstverlag, 1860. Royal-8vo. pp. (8), 355, (1), with 1 steel-engraved frontispiece and 23 (6 tinted) steel-engraved plates (bound up with:) JAPAN NACH DEN BESTEN QUELLEN GESCHILDERT von einem Vereine Gelehrter. Carlsruhe, Kunstverlag, 1860. Royal-8vo. pp. 40, with 1 steel-engraved title-page and 1 folded map. Contemporary half calf, spine with gilt lettering.

With handwritten dedication on verso of the first plate, reading: Roswitha Bruner - Zum Andenken u.Erinnerung - 12. Juni 1920 - Baronin von Ruffin.

Order-nr. 4174

EUR 900.00


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Mollusca Japonica descripta et tabulis tribus iconum.

Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, 1861. 4to. pp. iv, 36, (3), with 3 handcoloured lithographed plates. Recent half calf, calf gilt-lettered label on frontcover.

Nissen ZBI, 1208. A very scarce pioneer work on the mollusca of Japan, the first publication to deal exclusively with this subject. The work describes 136 species of which 128 marine mollusca, collected by Dr. Nuhn near Decima. The 3 plates show 65 new species of which 63 marine. In 1882 Dunker published an extended edition 'Index molluscorum maris Japonici' which is less rare than his first publication. Some slight foxing. A nicely bound copy.

Order-nr. 3743

EUR 1,800.00










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Histoire de l'établissement, des progrès et de la décadence du Christianisme dans l'empire du Japon.

Louvain, Vanlinthout et Vanderzande, 1828-1829. 2 volumes. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 410; pp. 540. Contemporary boards, spines with red gilt lettered labels.

Alt-Japan Cat. 322.

Order-nr. 2459

EUR 550.00


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]]> http://www.antiquariaatjunk.com/item.php?item=348&s_currency= MONTANUS, A.

Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les Empereurs du Japon.

Contenant plusieurs choses remarquables arrivées pendant le voyage des Ambassadeurs ... Amsterdam, Jacob de Meurs, 1680. Folio (359 x 240mm). pp. (4), 227, (9), 146, (6), with 1 engraved frontispiece, 1 title in red and black, 1 engraved double-page folded map, 25 (4 double-page and folded & 21 double-page) engraved plates and 71 engraved figures in the text. Contemporary calf, spine with 6 raised bands, gilt ornaments and red gilt lettered label (spine neatly rebacked).

First French edition, the original Dutch edition appeared 1669. The first major illustrated work onJapan, the fine large plates show spectacular views of the cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Kagoshima and Kyoto. The book describes a.o. two VOC missions of. Andr. Frisius to the Emperor of Japan in 1649 and 1661. Arnoldus Montanus (1625-1683) was a Dutch missionary and editor of the present book. The work describes 'Japanese history... from the rise of Oda Nobunaga to the early years of the Tokugawa bakufu as seen through the eyes of European visitors to the country, and provide a glimpse of the manners and customs of the various regions... Material is drawn from sources ranging from records of the Dutch East India Company to the writing of Spanish and Portuguese missionaries' (Nipponalia, VIII). A very fine copy. Cordier. Bibl. Japonica, p. 385; Alt-Japan-Katalog 1053; Landwehr, 'VOC', 525.

Order-nr. 348

EUR 8,300.00










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