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Montanus, Arnoldus.
Atlas Japannensis. Being remarkable addresses by way of Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Emperor of Japan. Collected out of their several Writings and Journals. English'd by J. Ogilby.
London: Tho. Johnson 1670
Frontis, [2], 488pp. Twenty four of the twenty five plates, lacking one plate.
First edition in English of John Ogilby's (1600-1676) translation of Montanus's Gedenwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maetschappy in't Vereenigde Nederland aen de Kaisaren van Japan published a year earlier in Amsterdam. It is a rich compilation of descriptions of emissaries of the Dutch East India Company and their encounters with natives and Portuguese, devoted strictly to Japan, its land and its people. Rare.
Condition: worn, some staining and marking, few plates torn including frontis, page edges well thumbed and turned. Large Folio, full calf, wear and loss to edges, shaken. 430mm x 280mm.
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