
Lot 20•
MONTANUS (ARNOLDUS) Atlas Japannensis: being Remarkable Addresses by way of Embassy... to the Emperor of China, T. Johnson, 1670
1 February 2017, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,125 inc. premium
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MONTANUS (ARNOLDUS)
Atlas Japannensis: being Remarkable Addresses by way of Embassy... to the Emperor of China, first English edition, translated by John Ogilby, additional engraved title, folding map, 23 double-page and/or folding plates and plans (of 24), numerous illustrations in text, lacking plate of Dayboth's Temple and text leaves 2O2 and 2R3, plates somewhat browned, 4 gatherings with wormtrail in lower margin, one leaf with neatly closed tear, nineteenth-century calf gilt with Botfield arms on sides [Cordier Japonica 384-5; ESTC R20211], folio (410 x 255mm.), T. Johnson, 1670
Footnotes
Provenance: Botfield sale, Christie's, 13 June 2002, lot 108 (sold with 6 other works by Ogilby).