‎"JAPAN -‎
‎Das Kaiserreich Japan, nach den besten vorhandenen Quellen geschildert von einem Vereine Gelehrter. Mit 24 Stahlstichen, einem gestochenen Titel und einer Karte.‎

‎Karlsruhe, Kunstverlag, 1860. Lex8vo. Orig. printed boards, uncut. A few scratches on covers and corners, backstrip with wear. Having the title-p.: ""Die Ausser-Europäische Welt...2.Bd."" and the separate title ""Japan"". (4),III,355 pp. and 40 pp. (Das Neueste aus der Länder=und Völkerkunde) and 25 plates mostlyof Japanese views (1 engr. frontisp., 6 tinted lithographed plates, 18 steelengraved views and 1 folded lithographed map, all). Light scattered brownspots and stains.‎

Reference : 28541

‎First edition of one of the earliest Western descriptions of Japan after the reopening of the country in 1854 to foreigners.‎