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ARNOLDUS MONTANUS (1625?-1683).
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: Tho. Johnson for the author, 1670. 2° (455 x 320mm). Title in red and black. Additional engraved title, double-page map, 2 folding and 19 double-page plates only (of 24), 70 illustrations, one headpiece and one initial. (Lacking final list of illustrations leaf, small paperfault hole in B1 with resultant loss of two characters, occasional light creasing.) Contemporary mottled calf, the covers panelled in blind, gilt spine in seven compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in the second, the others with repeat tooling in gilt (some old neat repairs, joints split). Large paper copy of the first edition in English. Wing M-2485; Cordier 384.
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: Tho. Johnson for the author, 1670. 2° (455 x 320mm). Title in red and black. Additional engraved title, double-page map, 2 folding and 19 double-page plates only (of 24), 70 illustrations, one headpiece and one initial. (Lacking final list of illustrations leaf, small paperfault hole in B1 with resultant loss of two characters, occasional light creasing.) Contemporary mottled calf, the covers panelled in blind, gilt spine in seven compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in the second, the others with repeat tooling in gilt (some old neat repairs, joints split). Large paper copy of the first edition in English. Wing M-2485; Cordier 384.