HEINE, William. Graphic Scenes in the Japan Expedition. New York: G. P. Putnam & Company, 1856.

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HEINE, William. Graphic Scenes in the Japan Expedition. New York: G. P. Putnam & Company, 1856.

Large 2° (513 x 375mm). 10 lithographic plates comprising tinted portrait of Commodore Perry after a Daguerreotype by Philip Haas on india-paper mounted with a facsimile signature on the mount, 2 coloured plates after Heine, 7 tinted plates by Heine on india-paper mounted, all printed by Sarony & Co. (Spotted, occasional old dampstaining.) Original cloth-backed glazed-paper wrappers, decorative lithographed title on upper cover (soiled, extremities worn).

A fine collection of views by the 'Artist of the Expedition', recording scenes encountered by Commodore Perry on his famous embassy to Japan. Plate 5 apparently includes a back-view self-portrait of Heine sketching.