Histoire et Description du Japan.
Tours. 1842. Troisieme Edition. Stock ID #65875 A later edition of a much larger work abridged for the juvenile market and published in the series 'Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse Chretienne'. de Charlevoix was a French traveller and historian who apparently never visited Japan but relied mainly on Kaempher's work. When referring to this item please quote stockid 65875.
Engraved frontispiece and title pages and two other full page tissue guarded engravings, (6) + 308pp, marbled edges and endpapers, upper edge browned, foxed throughout, first few leaves soiled, upper edge water stained throughout (not affecting text), upper hinge split, quarter morocco binding worn particularly at extremities, decorative gilt spine, upper joint splitting, contents sound. Third edition, two title pages, French text.
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