Asia carta di ciasete piu moderna. (Japan)
Rare FIRST STATE of this important map for Korea and Japan, a map of the Blancus/Moreira type, but adds a huge 'Jesso' filling the top of this old map. The map is of inte...
Date: Florence, 1646-1647
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Hern Johann Baptisten Taveniers..Vierzig Jaehrige Reize..
This German edition includes Tavernier's map of Japan in a reduced form (210x315mm) and contains legends about the country's nature, e.g., where gold is mined and plottin...
Date: Nuremberg, 1681
Histoire Naturelle, Civile, Et Ecclésiastique..'
First French edition, published by P. Gosse, J. Neaulme and B. Lakeman. The basic work on Japan from the second half of the 17th century when it was still forbidden for f...
Date: Amsterdam, 1729
SETTSU MEISHO ZUE. Illustrations of famous places in Settsu.
Settsu Meisho Zue was printed in two series of 8 and 4 volumes. The principal illustrator was Takehara Shunchosai, but many illustrations in the 4 volumes supplement are ...
Date: Osaka, Yanagiwara Kibei, Kansei 8-10 or 1796-1798
Topographical map of Hokkaido with localities of useful minerals.
Bilingual (English/Japanese) topographic map (1:1,500,000) of Hokkaido Island detailing the distribution of mineral deposits and mining sites (“useful minerals”), pub...
Date: Hokkaidōchō (Gouvernement de Hokkaidō), Sapporo, 1891
Japan (poster signed by Georges Mathieu)
Dedicated "Pour Benijs Boulanger" and signed "Georges Mathieu", in black marker. Decorative poster advertising flights to Japan made by Georges Mathie...
Date: Paris, 1967
