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.

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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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English Lit of 19th C., American Lit of 19th C., Books of East Asia, Japanese Illustrated Books, General Antiquarian, English Lit of 20th C., American Lit of 20th C., Photos of East Asia, Albums of Woodblock Prints

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Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA

705 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain
Boston, MA U.S.A. 02130