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Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan (Perry Expedition), 1856
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, 1856
The official account of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's epochal expedition of 1852–1854, the mission that ended more than two centuries of Japanese seclusion and opened the country to trade with the wider world. Where every prior attempt had failed — four American expeditions and fourteen international ones before it — Perry succeeded, persuading Japan to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa on 31 March 1854.
This is the single-volume edition (the trade edition), an abbreviated form of the monumental three-volume set, yet complete in the crucial text describing the opening of Japan. It is handsomely illustrated, retaining an engraved frontispiece portrait with its tissue guard, nine lithograph plates, sixty-eight woodcuts, and eleven fold-out maps. The volume is bound in its original brown blind-stamped cloth.
A cornerstone work for any library of Japanese, American, or Pacific history — a foundational primary source on one of the defining encounters of the nineteenth century, here in a clean and solid original copy.
Offered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.
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Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, 1856
The official account of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's epochal expedition of 1852–1854, the mission that ended more than two centuries of Japanese seclusion and opened the country to trade with the wider world. Where every prior attempt had failed — four American expeditions and fourteen international ones before it — Perry succeeded, persuading Japan to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa on 31 March 1854.
This is the single-volume edition (the trade edition), an abbreviated form of the monumental three-volume set, yet complete in the crucial text describing the opening of Japan. It is handsomely illustrated, retaining an engraved frontispiece portrait with its tissue guard, nine lithograph plates, sixty-eight woodcuts, and eleven fold-out maps. The volume is bound in its original brown blind-stamped cloth.
A cornerstone work for any library of Japanese, American, or Pacific history — a foundational primary source on one of the defining encounters of the nineteenth century, here in a clean and solid original copy.
Offered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.
Collation
| Category | Books |
|---|---|
| Condition | acceptable |
| SKU | N0000004283 |
