Montanus, Arnoldus.

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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Description

Atlas Japannensis: being Remarkable Addresses by way of Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Emperor of Japan... English'd... by John Ogilby. London: Printed by Tho. Johnson, 1670
paper

First English edition, large paper copy, folio (444 x 312mm.), engraved additional pictorial title, printed title in red and black, 24 double-page engraved plates and 69 illustrations in text, contemporary calf with gilt Order of the Garter on upper cover, spine gilt, [Landwehr (VOC) 524; Cordier, Japonica 384], lacking map of Japan, title soiled, some damp-staining towards end, occasional minor defects (small hole in plate at p.99 infilled; short tear in plate at p.275 repaired), binding rubbed, rebacked retaining original spine

Provenance

Sir John Leveson Gower of Trentham, bookplate on verso of title; Earl Gower, bookplate; Richard A.B. Ponsonby Fane 1879, bookplate; Strathallan, bookplate

Catalogue Note

A rare large paper copy of one of the most important works on Japan published in the seventeenth century. See lot 84 for a copy of the first edition in French of the same work.