Chigaku kotohajime.3 Volumes
MATSUYAMA, Toan. Chigaku kotohajime. Illustrated with 6 fold-out and one double-page map 3 volumes. 8vo.Original wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Keio Gijuku, 1870.
A charming introductory textbook to world geography was published in 1870 just as Japan was opening up. Volume 1 covers the world and Asia; Volume 2 covers Europe; Volume 3 covers North and South America and Oceania. In addition to the seven maps there are numerous coloured flags. The wrappers are worn, but the intereior is clean. OCLC lists the Berkeley, University of Auckland and digital copies
Item nr. 170388
Price:
$875.00
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