TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE
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Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA
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[MAP - JAPAN] IMPERIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. Engraved by N. Matsudaira, printed by G. Yoshii at the Toyodo in Tokyo, 1900. This huge (5.33'x 6')(164 x 183 cm) map has a colored inset of the political divisions of the empire and another inset of Taiwan and environs, as well as a superbly detailed map of Japan itself. There is some weakening of folds, but overall in good condition, folded and enclosed in a printed cover box. A monumental work, in English throughout. By no means common.
Seller Inventory # 85794
Bibliographic details
- Title
- TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE
- Author
- [MAP - JAPAN] IMPERIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN
- Publication year
- 1900
- Seller catalogs
- Japan and East Asia, Maps and Travel
Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA
Boston, MA, U.S.A.
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OUR STOCK of some 30,000 volumes includes one of the largest and finest inventories of books relating to Japan and East Asia in the country. In addition to a large general antiquarian stock, our areas of particular expertise are: children's books, photographica, Americana, historical archives, women's books, color plate books, early maps and atlases, sets and fine bindings, American and British literature, Japanese woodblock print books from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and travel and exploration. We buy and sell books in all these categories. Through the years, we have issued over 50 catalogues of general antiquarian and literary materials, along with 30 catalogues relating to Japan and East Asia. Members of the firm travel extensively in America and Asia, to buy libraries and to attend bookfairs and auctions.…
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