Author: MONTANUS, ARNOLD:
Title: Denckwürdige Gesandtschafften der Ost-Indischen Geselschaft in den Vereinigten Niederländern an unterschiedliche Keyser von Japan: Darinnen zu finden nicht allein die wunderlichen Begäbnüsse auf der Reyse der Niederländischen Gesanten; sondern auch eine Beschreibung der Dörffer, Festungen, Städte, Landschafften, .... Amsterdam, Jacob Meurs, 1669.
Description: . Folio. Pp. (6), 443, (9). With title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, one large engraved map (divided into two sections pp. 61 & 69), twenty-four engraved plates and sixty-nine half-page engravings in the text. Contemporary full vellum (stain to front cover). Bookplate to front paste-down. Occasionally some light browning, a few pages with small marginal stain.First German edition of this monumental work on Japan. First issue with title page printed 1669 (another issue 1670). Published in the same year as the original Dutch edition. Arnold Montanus, a Dutch theologian and historian, based this work on journals from the Dutch East India Company as well as reports from Jesuit missionaries. A narrative of Japanese history, the people and their customs, religion, trade etc. seen through the eyes of European visitors who were very restricted at the time. For more than 200 years Japan was almost completely isolated form the rest of the world. The Dutch, who had established themselves on the island of Deshima outside Nagasaki, were the only foreigners (except for some Chinese) who were allowed to trade with Japan during this period (1641-1854). They had to renew the permission each year, for which they had to send a delegation from Deshima to the Shogun in Yedo. The reports of the visits between 1649 and 1661 provided Montanus with important material. His book has been criticized for not being sufficiently scientific and about the authenticity of the plates. (See article by Isabella H. van Eeghen). However, the plate of Deshima is acknowledged as the earliest known illustration of the renowned island. A beautiful copy of an impressive work. Alt-Japan-Katalog 1050. Cordier BJ 384. Cf Landwehr VOC 522. Isabella H. van Eeghen: "Arnoldus Montanus's book on Japan, "Quaerendo", vol. ii/4, 1972, pp. 250-272.
Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, travel, exploration, history, illustrated,
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Title: Denckwürdige Gesandtschafften der Ost-Indischen Geselschaft in den Vereinigten Niederländern an unterschiedliche Keyser von Japan: Darinnen zu finden nicht allein die wunderlichen Begäbnüsse auf der Reyse der Niederländischen Gesanten; sondern auch eine Beschreibung der Dörffer, Festungen, Städte, Landschafften, .... Amsterdam, Jacob Meurs, 1669.
Description: . Folio. Pp. (6), 443, (9). With title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, one large engraved map (divided into two sections pp. 61 & 69), twenty-four engraved plates and sixty-nine half-page engravings in the text. Contemporary full vellum (stain to front cover). Bookplate to front paste-down. Occasionally some light browning, a few pages with small marginal stain.First German edition of this monumental work on Japan. First issue with title page printed 1669 (another issue 1670). Published in the same year as the original Dutch edition. Arnold Montanus, a Dutch theologian and historian, based this work on journals from the Dutch East India Company as well as reports from Jesuit missionaries. A narrative of Japanese history, the people and their customs, religion, trade etc. seen through the eyes of European visitors who were very restricted at the time. For more than 200 years Japan was almost completely isolated form the rest of the world. The Dutch, who had established themselves on the island of Deshima outside Nagasaki, were the only foreigners (except for some Chinese) who were allowed to trade with Japan during this period (1641-1854). They had to renew the permission each year, for which they had to send a delegation from Deshima to the Shogun in Yedo. The reports of the visits between 1649 and 1661 provided Montanus with important material. His book has been criticized for not being sufficiently scientific and about the authenticity of the plates. (See article by Isabella H. van Eeghen). However, the plate of Deshima is acknowledged as the earliest known illustration of the renowned island. A beautiful copy of an impressive work. Alt-Japan-Katalog 1050. Cordier BJ 384. Cf Landwehr VOC 522. Isabella H. van Eeghen: "Arnoldus Montanus's book on Japan, "Quaerendo", vol. ii/4, 1972, pp. 250-272.
Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, travel, exploration, history, illustrated,
Price: EUR 6000.00 = appr. US$ 6521.08 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 121300
- Book number: 121300
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