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Cruydt-Boeck van Remberus Dodonaeus. . .

Scarce, the last edition of Dodoens' Cruydt-Boeck, one of the most influential and important botanical works of the 16th and 17th centuries. With richly engraved frontisp...

$3500 / ≈ €2968
Maker: DODONAEUS, R.
Date: Leyden, 1612

 


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...

$7000 / ≈ €5935
Maker: KAEMPFER, E.
Date: Amsterdam, 1729

 


Hedendaegsche Historie of tegenwoordige staet van alle volkeren 1 deel. (Volume 1 - China, Japan, Phillippines, Moluccas)

This provides an interesting illustrated description of China, Japan, the Phillippines, Moluccas. Including a map of China, Korea, and Japan, with the Sea between Korea a...

$1500 / ≈ €1272
Maker: TIRION, I.
Date: Amsterdam, 1734

 


'T Eilandje Desima verblyf plaats der Hollanders in Japan.

Bird's-eye view of Dejima copied from a manuscript by Voogt, who was second-in-command on Deshima in 1713. The island is viewed from the landside, depicting the developme...

$300 / ≈ €254
Maker: TIRION, I.
Date: Amsterdam, 1739

 


Manuscript map of the Bay of Nagasaki.

An extremely rare manuscript chart in brown ink and wash color on a printed sheet of paper with a system of rhumblines and latitude scales. This chart shows the Bay of Na...

$50000 / ≈ €42396
Maker: VAN KEULEN, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1750

 


Nangasakij.

Charming 18th watercolor on paper depicting a panoramic view of Nagasaki and the factory Deshima of the V.OC. Probably made by a Western artist visiting Japan.RARE. Due ...

$1900 / ≈ €1611
Maker: ANONYMOUS
Date: c.1750

 


[ LANDSKROON ]. Oranda Fune no zu [= Depiction of a Dutch Ship].

A very large and extremely detailed Japanese drawing on rice paper of a Dutch ship at the artificial island Deshima, the VOC's outpost in Nagasaki harbour. In the drawing...

$30000 / ≈ €25437
Maker: ANONYMOUS
Date: Japan, Kansei 4, 2nd month, 9th day, 30 March? 1792

 


Shinkan Nagasaki no Dzu.

The oldest of these so-called Nagasaki pictures (Nagasaki-zu) were two panoramic prints by the artist Chikujuken that served as guides to the city of Nagasaki for visitor...

$3500 / ≈ €2968
Maker: BAIKO-DO.
Date: Nagasaki, 1801

 


Elegant parlor Zograscope or optical mirror.

Rare so-called zograscope or optical mirror. A zograscope is an optical device for enhancing the sense of depth perception from a flat picture. It consists of a large mag...

$1500 / ≈ €1272
Maker: Probably French or English.
Date: France or England, c. 1790-1810

 


Elegant parlor Zograscope or optical mirror.

Rare so-called zograscope or optical mirror. A zograscope is an optical device for enhancing the sense of depth perception from a flat picture. It consists of a large mag...

$1500 / ≈ €1272
Maker: Probably French or English.
Date: France or England, c. 1790-1810

 


Nagasaki. - Vue générale. Dessin de Taylor, après une photographie.

A bird's-eye view showing Nagasaki Bay. After a photograph by Taylor. Engraved in wood by A.Kohl.Showing the town and natural harbour of Nagasaki.In the harbour the islan...

$150 / ≈ €127
Maker: TAYLOR
Date: Paris, 1880

 


Chosen Danpan - Korean negotiation.

A scene of a Japanese legation under the command of Hanabusa Yoshitada who is forcing the Korean King Kojong (1852-1919) to agree to Japanese demands during the Chemulpo ...

$1500 / ≈ €1272
Maker: ANONYMOUS
Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894

 


Chosen Danpan (Discussing the clauses of the ultimatum between the Japanese, Chinese and Korean forces).

Japanese woodcut showing the Japanese, Chinese and Koreans discussing the clauses of the ultimatum between Japan, China and Korea, . Yôsai Nobukazu (1872-1944).A scene...

$1200 / ≈ €1017
Maker: NOBUKAZU, Y.
Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894